New Retear Pattern after Rotator Cuff Repair at Previous Intact Portion of Rotator Cuff.
10.5397/cise.2016.19.4.237
- Author:
Chang Hyuck CHOI
;
Sung Guk KIM
;
Jun Ho NAM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rotator cuff;
Retear of rotator cuff;
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
- MeSH:
Arthroscopes;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Methods;
Rotator Cuff*;
Suture Anchors;
Sutures;
Tendons
- From:Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
2016;19(4):237-240
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Retear patterns after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are classified into two patterns according to retear location. Type 1 is when the retear pattern occurs directly on the tendon at the bone repair site using the suture anchor repair method. Type 2 is when the retear pattern occurs at the musculocutaneous junction with a healed footprint in patients who undergo the suture bridge method. Here, the authors report another retear pattern, which was identified as a type 2 retear on magnetic resonance imaging in patients who had undergone arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by the suture-bridge technique. This pattern was different from the type 2 retear and occurred at the portion of the cuff away from the healed rotator cuff under the view of the arthroscope.
