Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Rotator cuff injury is one of the frequent problem encountered of the shoulder in the daily practice of orthopedic surgeons. To compare clinical outcomes in patients with rotator cuff tears undergoing Mini‐open and Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. This is a prospective observational study conducted in St Martha’s Hospital, Bangalore, during the period extending from October 2016 to November 2018. 39 patients with Rotator cuff injury were included in the study. Preoperative and postoperative scoring, outcome of operative management was evaluated using University of California and Los‐Angeles scoring system (UCLA) during 4th, 8th, 12th , 16th post op period. All demographic variables and preoperative baseline parameters of the 2 groups were equivalent. Out of 39 patients, 20 patients underwent mini‐open cuff repair, 19 patients underwent arthroscopic cuff repair. At 4 months, 10 patients had excellent results (7 mini‐open, 3 arthroscopy), 26 had good results (13 each in both groups), 3 patients had fair results (all 3 in arthroscopy group). In our study we found that the early functional outcomes of MOR and AR of small, medium and large sized rotator cuff tears are nearly equivalent. Functional outcome, pain, range of motion and satisfaction do not significantly differ between patients treated with Arthroscopic repair and those treated with Mini‐open repair in four months after surgery.
How to cite this article:
Kanukuntla Kalyan, H. Prathibha and Sunil Kumar Mooknoor. A Comparative Study of Clinical Outcomes of Mini Open and Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.9.526.532
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.36478/makrjms.2024.9.526.532