Shoulder Surgery
A 58-year-old man presents with 6 months of right shoulder pain and weakness with overhead activities. MRI shows a 2cm full-thickness supraspinatus tear with Grade 2 fatty infiltration (Goutallier classification) and mild tendon retraction. He has failed 3 months of physical therapy and wants surgical options discussed. Regarding rotator cuff repair:
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The supraspinatus is the most commonly torn rotator cuff tendon, followed by infraspinatus; the tear...
The Goutallier classification for fatty infiltration of rotator cuff muscles (CT/MRI): Grade 0 (norm...
The infraspinatus is the most commonly torn cuff tendon; fatty infiltration reverses after successfu...
Repair techniques include: single-row (anchors placed at footprint lateral edge), double-row (medial...
Poor prognostic factors for cuff repair include: advanced age (greater than 65), large/massive tears...
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