Predictive Factors for the Healing of Rotator Cuff Repairs
Male sex, smoking, full-thickness infraspinatus tears, and instability of the long head of the biceps are predictive factors for retear after rotator cuff repair. Traumatic lesions favor tendon healing.
Authors
- Rodrigo Alves Beraldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3514-2909)
- Eduardo Angeli Malavolta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1956-6445)
- Paulo Victor Partezani Helito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5709-6029)
- Mauro Emílio Conforto Gracitelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0214-9576)
- Caio Santos Checchia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-9795)
- Arnaldo Amado Ferreira Neto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5097-9542)
- Jorge Henrique Assunção (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2566-3471)
- Irline C Macedo Pontes
- Thaís Vasques
- Fernando Brandão
Institutions
- Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (QA)
- Hospital do Coração (BR)
- Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Hospital Sírio-Libanês (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.67608
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15