CompletedNot Applicable

Biceps Tenodesis Versus Tenotomy

Canada112 participantsStarted 2013-01

Plain-language summary

The long head of biceps brachii tendon has been known to be a pain generator and a common cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction in patients with rotator cuff pathology. Both biceps tenotomy and tenodesis have been shown to produce comparable results, but there is no consensus to date due to a lack of level I evidence. The aim of this prospective, randomized, clinical trial is to compare subjective patient-reported outcomes and objective clinical results between biceps tenotomy and biceps tenodesis for treating lesions of the long head of the biceps brachii.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * Must benefit from arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery and inta-operative findings must confirm a lesion of the long head of biceps tendon Exclusion Criteria: * Any significant comorbidities including previous surgery on affected shoulder * Active worker's compensation claims * Active joint or systemic infection, significant muscle paralysis, Charcot's arthropathy * Significant medical comorbidity that could alter the effectiveness of the surgical intervention (e.g., Cervical radiculopathy, polymyalgia rheumatica) * Major medical illness (life expectancy less then one year or unacceptably high operative risk) * Inability to speak or read English/French * Psychiatric illness that precludes informed consent * Unwillingness to be followed for 2 years.

What they're measuring

American Should and Elbow Society (ASES)

Timeframe: 24 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01747902

SponsorPanam Clinic

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-04

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