Ultrasound After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Shoulder Arthroplasty; Rotator Cuff Injuries; Rotator Cuff Tears

Treatments: Procedure: Ultasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04416932

Pro00103782

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study would be to evaluate a group of patients status post post-total shoulder arthroplasty to assess the integrity of the rotator cuff using ultrasound. We believe ultrasonography imaging to be a comparable and efficacious modality to evalute tenotomy healing rates and diagnose rotator cuff failure after total shoulder arthroplasty. In addition, we believe ultrasonography to be a cost-effective modality to asses the rotator cuff after total shoulder arthroplasty. Our population would consist of patients that received total shoulder arthroplasty within the last 5 years.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary or revision total shoulder arthroplasty with or without subscapularis tenotomy
• Primary or revision reverse shoulder arthroplasty with or without subscapularis tenotomy
• English speaking patients only
• Shoulder arthroplasty within the last 5 years

Exclusion criteria

• Revision shoulder arthroplasty for infection
• Pregnancy

Trial design

12 participants in 1 patient group

Post-operative patients who had total shoulder arthroplasty

Description:

Patients who have had a total shoulder replacement will be scheduled for an ultrasound at Duke Radiology. An ultrasound will be completed on the shoulder that has been replaced, which takes no more than an hour. This ends all study involvement.

Treatment:

Procedure: Ultasound