Clinical and Structural Outcome After Early Repair of the Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear

Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tears. A Prospective Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01557309

Enrollment

Registered

2012-03-19

Start date

2010-11-30

Completion date

2014-04-30

Last updated

2016-08-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear

Keywords

traumatic rotator cuff tear, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, age, early rotator cuff repair

Brief summary

The optimal timing for surgical repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears is controversial. Today there are no prospective studies investigating the short to mid-term outcome after early arthroscopic repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears and the Swedish National Musculoskeletal Competence Centre requests more research to this subject. The investigators will follow 60 patients with acute rotator cuff tear undergoing early rotator cuff repair during the first year after surgery. The investigators hypothesise that the outcome after rotator cuff repair is good.

Detailed description

There exists controversy in the current literature regarding timing for surgical repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears. We have seen no prospective studies describing the progression of shoulder function improvement the first year after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We hypothesize that early arthroscopic repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears yields successful functional and structural outcomes but there will be a progression of shoulder function improvement during the hole first postoperative year.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* trauma to the shoulder with sudden onset of symptoms * asymptomatic shoulder before trauma * mr positive for full thickness rotator cuff tear

Exclusion criteria

* fracture * severe comorbidity * more than 6 weeks after trauma * glenohumeral degeneration signs or osteoarthritis on x-ray

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)	Two years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Constant Shoulder Score (CS)	One year
standardised measure of health status with EQ-5D	Two years
cuff integrity	One year
Complications	within one year

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results