5. PREDICTORS
FOR FAILURE OF REPAIR
(METANALYSIS, 2014)
Age
Tear Size
Fatty Infiltration
Smoking
Chronicity
Obesity
Comorbidities
Jack Turnbull, 4th Year Medical Student, 2014.
6. EFFECT OF AGE & TEAR SIZE
ON HEALING
SMALL MEDIUM LARGE MASSIVE
50YRS OLD 74% 78% 63% 43%
60 YRS OLD 65% 70% 52% 33%
70YRS OLD 54% 60% 41% 24%
80YRS OLD 43% 49% 31% 17%
MS Rashid et al. Acta Orthop 88 (6), 606-611. 2017 Sep 07.
7. IRREPARABLE CUFF TEARS
Loss of Teres Minor - Postero-inferior Cuff:
1. +ve Hornblower’s Sign
2. MRI
3. Arthroscopy
Walch, JBJS, 1998
9. DECISION MAKING
Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky (2000). Choice, Values, Frames. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62172-0.
Normative
CognitivePsychological
70% 15%
15%
10. DELTOID REHAB
Levy et al, JSES, 2008
Minimal Pain
Elderly (mean age 80)
Significant improvement (9m):
ROM (40 - 160 deg)
Constant Score (26 - 60)
Strength
11. SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE
ABLATION
70% shoulder joint supplied by SSN
Significant improvement inVAS, CS & OS
Tapers off at 3-6m
? Long Term
Medically Unfit
Kane et al. JSES, 2008
13. LHB TENOTOMY/TENODESIS
Isolated LHB Tenotomy
80% satisfied
Pain relief significant
No improvement in function if:
Pseudoparalysis
Teres Minor absent
Boileau et al, JBJS, 2007
23. HISTORY
First case series intended as a safety & efficacy study -
Massive Irreparable Cuff Tears
Very low complication rate
Good Results
= debridement, biceps tenotomy, etc.
= Partial cuff repair series
But not as good as results of Reverse Arthroplasty
• Jost, Pfirrmann, Gerber. JBJS. 2000
• Green A. JAAOS. 2003
• Dines DM, Moynihan DP, Dines JS, McCann P. JBJS. 2006
• Neri BR, Chan KW, Kwon YK. JSES. 2009
• Bedi A, Dines J, Warren RF, Dines DM. JBJS. 2010
24. @thearmclinic
RCT: InSpace vs Repair for MRCT
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02208440; REC ref: 13/NW/0754; Protocol: IS-CL-02-UK; IRAS: 122315
36. “Gandhi spoke often of how, at
important moments, his “inner
voice” would pipe up, with its
decisive counsel.
His strategy was to make that
inner voice “hold its breath”
for awhile, to give him time to
study the facts.”
U-Turn by Grierson