Clin Should Elbow.  2016 Dec;19(4):237-240. 10.5397/cise.2016.19.4.237.

New Retear Pattern after Rotator Cuff Repair at Previous Intact Portion of Rotator Cuff

• Choi CH
• Kim SG
• Nam JH

• KMID: 2368294
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5397/cise.2016.19.4.237

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.

Keyword

Rotator cuff; Retear of rotator cuff; Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

MeSH Terms

Arthroscopes
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Methods
Rotator Cuff*
Suture Anchors
Sutures
Tendons