Failed cuff deftation

Management of failed rotator cuff repair: a systematic review.

IMPORTANCE Recurrent tear after rotator cuff repair (RCR) is common. Conservative, and open and arthroscopic revisions, have been advocated to treat these failures. AIM OR OBJECTIVE The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the different options for managing recurrent rotator cuff tears. EVIDENCE REVIEW A search was conducted of level I through 4 studies from January 2000 to Oct...

Revision of Failed Rotator Cuff Reconstruction With a Large Humeral Head Cyst

A revision rotator cuff repair is a technically challenging surgical procedure. This can be further complicated by the presence of poor quality of the cuff tissue, as well as a large greater tuberosity cyst, typically located at the rotator cuff footprint. This Technical Note discusses the surgical approach to deal with a revision rotator cuff tear with a large humeral head cyst. This described...

Symposia What to do with a Failed Arthroscopic Repair of a Massive Cuff Tear

Outcome of latissimus dorsi transfer as a salvage procedure for failed rotator cuff repair with loss of elevation.

Eighteen patients, referred from an outside institution with massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears and loss of elevation, were treated with a latissimus dorsi tendon transfer as a salvage procedure for failed, prior, attempted rotator cuff repair. Clinical outcomes were measured by the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon's (ASES) score, pain level, and active range of motion. The average post...

Clinical and radiographic outcomes of failed repairs of large or massive rotator cuff tears: minimum ten-year follow-up.

INTRODUCTION Little information exists regarding the long-term outcome after structural failure of rotator cuff repair. We previously reported clinical improvement, despite a 94% rate of failure of healing, at two years of follow-up in a cohort of eighteen patients who had undergone arthroscopic repair of massive rotator cuff tears. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the ten-year ...