Summary
Seventy-nine patients with a history of the subacromial impingement syndrome were treated by arthroscopic acromioplasty. The results were evaluated with a new scoring system designed to assess subjective symptoms before and after operation. The outcome was related to the pathological lesions of the rotator cuff seen at arthroscopy and graded by our modification of the Neer classification. The overall results were satisfactory in 67%, with men having better results than women. Those with a history of injury did better than those without, and the results in those with partial or total cuff tears were better than those with intact cuffs. Since the state of the cuff affects the result, arthroscopy should precede acromioplasty.
Résumé
Soixante dix-neuf patients, présentant depuis 3.5 ans (±1.8) un syndrome de conflit sousacromial, ont été traités par acromioplastie arthroscopique. Les résultats ont été évalués au moyen d'une nouvelle cotation, mesurant la symptomatologie subjective avant et 17 mois en moyenne après l'intervention chirurgicale. On a étudié le rapport entre ces résultats et la morphologie pathologique de la coiffe des rotateurs, constatée lors de l'arthroscopie et classée conformément à notre version modifiée, décrite précédemment, de la classification de Neer. Les résultats globaux étaient satisfaisants dans 67% des cas. Les résultats étaient nettement meilleurs chez les hommes que chez les femmes. Ils étaient significativement meilleurs chez les patients pour qui la symptomatologie était apparue après un traumatisme violent, de même lorsqu'il existait une rupture totale ou partielle de la coiffe des rotateurs. L'état de la coiffe influence les résultats de l'acromioplastie, pour pouvoir le déterminer il faut pratiquer une arthroscopie préalable.
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Adolfsson, L., Lysholm, J. Results of arthroscopic acromioplasty related to rotator cuff lesions. International Orthopaedics 17, 228–231 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194184
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