Correlation between mri findings and clinical outcome after rotator cuff repair

Doan Thi Giang, Dinh Trung Thanh, Pham Hong Duc1
1 Trường ĐHYHN

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between postoperative MRI images and clinical outcome on 52 patients after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair at least 6 months, from January 2020 to June 2021. The results showed that the rate of recurrent supraspinatus muscle tendon tear was 9.62% and all patients were found to have recurrent tear within 6 months after surgery. The clinical improvement after surgery was significant, most of them were at good and excellent levels. There was a concordance between the Sugaya classification on MRI features with clinical score according to UCLA, ASES with p < 0.001. The relationship between fatty degeneration and muscle atrophy with clinical score and rate of recurrent tear was significant with p < 0.05. Thus, patients with lower Sugaya grades have better shoulder joint conditions after surgery. Patients with a high index of fatty degeneration and muscle atrophy on MRI have poorer clinical outcome and a higher risk of recurrent tearing.

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