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Result from arthroscopic surgical treatment of renewed tearing of the rotator cuff of the shoulder Work developed at Hospital Santa Casa de Miseric6rdia de Vit6ria, ES, Brazil.

OBJECTIVES:

To evaluate function among patients with postoperative recurrence of rotator cuff injuries that was treated arthroscopically (case series) and compare this with function in patients without recurrence (control group); and to compare function among patients with recurrence of rotator cuff injuries that were greater than and smaller than 3 cm.

METHODS:

This was a retrospective evaluation of patients who underwent arthroscopic revision of rotator cuff injuries using the ASES, Constant & Murley and UCLA scores and a visual analog pain scale, in comparison with patients in a control group who underwent primary rotator cuff repair.

RESULTS:

The size of the rotator cuff injury recurrence had a statistically significant influence on the result from the arthroscopic surgical treatment. The functional scores showed worse results than those from the first procedure.

CONCLUSION:

Arthroscopic surgical treatment of renewed tearing of rotator cuff injuries showed worse functional scores than those from primary repair of the injury.

Rotator cuff; Treatment failure; Arthroscopy


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