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Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic single and double row repair in full thickness rotator cuff tears

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics volume 44, pages 308–313 (2010)Cite this article

Abstract

Background

There has been a recent interest in the double row repair method for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair following favourable biomechanical results reported by some studies. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical results of arthroscopic single row and double row repair methods in the full-thickness rotator cuff tears.

Materials and Methods

22 patients of arthroscopic single row repair (group I) and 25 patients who underwent double row repair (group II) from March 2003 to March 2005 were retrospectively evaluated and compared for the clinical outcomes. The mean age was 58 years and 56 years respectively for group I and II. The average follow-up in the two groups was 24 months. The evaluation was done by using the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) rating scale and the shoulder index of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES).

Results

In Group I, the mean ASES score increased from 30.48 to 87.40 and the mean ASES score increased from 32.00 to 91.45 in the Group II. The mean UCLA score increased from the preoperative 12.23 to 30.82 in Group I and from 12.20 to 32.40 in Group II. Each method has shown no statistical clinical differences between two methods, but based on the sub scores of UCLA score, the double row repair method yields better results for the strength, and it gives more satisfaction to the patients than the single row repair method.

Conclusions

Comparing the two methods, double row repair group showed better clinical results in recovering strength and gave more satisfaction to the patients but no statistical clinical difference was found between 2 methods.

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    Jong-Hun Ji,  Mohamed Shafi, Weon-Yoo Kim & Young-Yul Kim

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Ji, JH., Shafi, M., Kim, WY. et al. Clinical outcomes of arthroscopic single and double row repair in full thickness rotator cuff tears. IJOO 44, 308–313 (2010). https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.65160

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Key words

  • Shoulder arthroscopy
  • rotator cuff tear
  • single row repair
  • double row repair