Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair With Synovectomy

Seoul National University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tears

Treatments

Other: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair without synovectomy

Other: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with synovectomy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

BRM 17-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of synovectomy on clinical outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

19+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with a full-thickness rotator cuff tear undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Exclusion criteria

History of shoulder surgery
Acute trauma on affected shoulder
Chronic dislocation
Pyogenic infection
Rotator cuff arthropathy with glenohumeral osteoarthritis and superior migration of the humeral head
Isolated subscapularis tear
Psychiatric problems that precluded informed consent
An inability to read or write
Other serious issues that precluded participation in the study
Open surgery
Rotator cuff tear with worker's compensation claim
Refuse to participate in the study
LOM that need brisement force
Partial-thickness tear with focal full-thickness extension
Irrepairable rotator cuff tear
Subjects who, for any reason, are judged by the investigator to be inappropriate for this study, including a subject who had other severe medical condition or laboratory abnormality, or who is unable to communicate or to cooperate with the investigator