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Distal Clavicle Resection With Arthroscopic Cuff Repair Worsens Pain & External Rotation at 1 Year

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January 2021

Distal Clavicle Resection With Arthroscopic Cuff Repair Worsens Pain & External Rotation at 1 Year

Vol: 10| Issue: 1| Number:17| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Benefits of distal clavicle resection during rotator cuff repair: Prospective randomized single-blind study.

Orthop Traumatol Surg Res . 2020 Dec;106(8S):S207-S211

Contributing Authors:
D Gallinet J Barth L Labattut P Collin P Metais N Bonnevialle A Godeneche J Garret P Clavert

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Synopsis

Two hundred patients with an isolated distal or middle rupture of the supraspinatus tendon were randomized to undergo an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair either with the addition of a distal clavicle resection (DCR) (n=97) or arthroscopic rotator cuff repair only (n=103). The primary outcome of interest included the Constant-Murley score. Additional outcomes of interest included the subjective sho...

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