VIDEO: 1-year outcomes may be adequate for short-term reporting after rotator cuff repair
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Key takeaways:
- Patient follow-up rate decreased from around 65% at 6 months to 30% at 2 years.
- Changes in clinical outcomes were minimal from 1- to 2-years after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed outcomes collected 1-year after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair had minimal differences to 2-year outcomes data and may be adequate for short-term reporting of clinical outcomes.
“That doesn’t negate the need for mid-term and long-term follow-up, but for short-term reporting of clinical outcomes, 1-year follow-up will give us decreased bias from loss to follow-up, it will decrease the administrative burden to produce high quality research and, hopefully, would increase the speed at which we progress long-term in our field if we can get information disseminated at a faster pace,” Michael Amini, MD, of the Core Institute, told Healio about results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.
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Amini MH, et al. One- and two-year PROs do not vary significantly after rotator cuff repair: An analysis of 1,567 patients. Presented at: Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting; May 4-6, 2023; New Orleans.
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