Surgical treatment of confirmed intratendinous rotator cuff tears: Retrospective analysis after an average of eight years of follow-up

Intratendinous Rotator Cuff Tears

“…48 Among 37 throwing athletes, Nakagawa et al 33 found that of 17 anterior rotator cuff tears, 6 cases had intratendinous tears, and the authors concluded that these concealed types of tears were representative lesions among anterior rotator cuff tears in athletes. During our study period, arthroscopically confirmed intratendinous tears were found in 4.7% of cases among all arthroscopically treated PTRCTs, whereas during their study period of approximately 10 years, Uchiyama et al 46 found an incidence of 3.2% for intratendinous tears. However, their incidence was noted among cases undergoing rotator cuff surgeries and not limited to PTRCTs.…”

“…Because of this diagnostic dilemma, only a few publications can be found on intratendinous rotator cuff tears. 26,46 The purpose of our study was to (1) investigate the prevalence of intratendinous rotator cuff tears in a consecutive series of patients and (2) report the clinical and radiological outcomes of intratendinous rotator cuff tears with the arthroscopic transtendon suture bridge repair technique at midterm follow-up. The hypothesis was that arthroscopic transtendon suture bridge repair of intratendinous rotator cuff tears in symptomatic patients will be helpful in relieving patients' pain and disability.…”

Functional Recovery Period after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Is it Predictable Before Surgery?

“…The UCLA [11], Constant-Murley [9], and ASES [18] scores are commonly used in Europe and the United States. The JOA shoulder assessment score is frequently used in Japan, and its usefulness has been described [15,16,27,33]. This shoulder assessment includes measurement of the level of shoulder pain, function including abduction strength endurance, activities of daily living, ROM, radiographic evaluation, and joint = significantly different; 9 = not significantly different; ND = not described.…”

Midterm outcomes after humeral head replacement with rotator cuff repair in patients with syringomyelia shoulder neuroarthropathy: a report on three cases

“…The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) shoulder score was 26 of 100 maximum points. 14 The biceps reflex was decreased.…”