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Similar improved outcomes seen in patients with healed tears, retears after rotator cuff repair
Rotator cuff repair significantly improved the health-related quality of life for patients with both healed tears and retears of their rotator cuff, according to researchers of this study.
“Although clinical shoulder outcome measures (University of California, Los Angeles [UCLA] and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons [ASES] scores) and all dimensions of the SF-36 showed significant improvement in both groups after rotator cuff repair, scores were significantly higher in the healed group on [physical health problems] and [physical component score] of the SF-36 as well as on the UCLA and ASES,” Jae Hyun Yoo, MD, and colleagues wrote in the abstract. “There was no significant difference in MCS scores between the two groups.”
Yoo and colleagues evaluated repair results from 56 patients who had healed rotator cuffs and 25 patients who had retears, according to the abstract. At final follow-up, the physical component scores (PCS) of the SF-36 improved from 36.6 points to 51.2 points and the mental component scores (MCS) improved from 34.4 points to 51.6 points in patients who were in the healed rotator cuff group. For patients in the retear group, the PCS improved from 34.2 points to 49.4 points and the MCS improved from 33.4 points to 53.2 points, according to the abstract.
“Mean scores on the SF-36 subscale for role limitations because of physical health problems (RP) were 52.3 in the healed group and 50.6 in the retear group,” the researchers wrote. “The RP and PCS scores were significantly higher in the healed group. All domains and component summaries also had a fair to moderate correlation with the SF-36 score.”
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