| New Retear Pattern after Rotator Cuff Repair at Previous Intact Portion of Rotator Cuff |
| Chang Hyuck Choi, Sung Guk Kim, Jun Ho Nam |
| Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea. p10001@hanmail.net |
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Received: 28 January 2016 • Revised: 3 May 2016 • Accepted: 4 June 2016 |
| Abstract |
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Retear patterns after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are classified into two patterns according to retear location. Type 1 is when the retear pattern occurs directly on the tendon at the bone repair site using the suture anchor repair method. Type 2 is when the retear pattern occurs at the musculocutaneous junction with a healed footprint in patients who undergo the suture bridge method. Here, the authors report another retear pattern, which was identified as a type 2 retear on magnetic resonance imaging in patients who had undergone arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by the suture-bridge technique. This pattern was different from the type 2 retear and occurred at the portion of the cuff away from the healed rotator cuff under the view of the arthroscope. |
| Key Words:
Rotator cuff; Retear of rotator cuff; Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair |
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