CompletedNot Applicable

Bursa Augmentation in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Switzerland30 participantsStarted 2019-10-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of this first study is to investigate in a case series through sequential sonographic imaging, using Doppler ultrasonography, the postoperative morphology, especially vascularity and findings of neovascularity, after bursa augmentation in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient aged 18 years and older * Patient with C-shaped posterosuperior rotator cuff tear (SSP / ± ISP, ± SCP Tear Lafosse ≤ 1 (SCP no repair, only debridement)) * Retraction ≤ 2 according to Patte * Fatty infiltration ≤ 2 according to Goutallier * Eligible for arthroscopic double row rotator cuff repair in Suture Bridge technique. * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Legal incompetence * Last subacromial cortisone infiltration ≤ 6 months * Systemic rheumatologic-inflammatory disease * Diabetes Mellitus * Smoker

What they're measuring

Dynamic ultrasound examination with grading of blood vessels

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03986749

SponsorSchulthess Klinik

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-08-22

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