The Influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle on the Clinical Outcome One Year Postoperative in Patients With a Rotator Cuff Tear (GTA)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tear

Treatments: Other: data analysis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04459858

2020-01201 ch20Taha2;

Details and patient eligibility

About

This retrospective study is to investigate the influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle (GTA) in addition to CSA on patient outcome in patients with rotator cuff tear.

Full description

A tear of the rotator cuff is one of the most common disorders of the shoulder. It is assumed that a large Critical Shoulder Angle (CSA) is associated with the occurrence of rotator cuff tears. This retrospective study is to investigate the influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle (GTA) in addition to CSA on patient outcome in patients with rotator cuff tear.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient after an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
• 1 to 4 years postoperative
• Presence of pre-operative radiography of the shoulder

Exclusion criteria

• Massive irreparable cuff tear
• Chronically retracted tendons and atrophic rotator cuff muscles Partial arthroscopic repair
• Absence of pre-operative radiography in neutral rotation

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

rotator cuff lesion

Description:

patients treated for traumatic or degenerative rotator cuff lesion

Treatment:

Other: data analysis