Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging vs. perioperative arthroscopy to measure stage 1 ruptures of the supraspinatus tendon for surgical planning.

Background: Accurate preoperative assessment of supraspinatus tendon tear (STT) size is important for surgical planning. Our aims were to evaluate the correlation between stage 1 STT size measured preoperatively by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) and size measured perioperatively by arthroscopy. The concordance between preoperative tear size and the surgical plan was also assessed.

Multiple Treatment Comparisons for Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Network Meta-analysis.

Background: There is no consensus about the best choice between all the options available for large and massive rotator cuff tear (mRCTs) management.

Objective: To determine the comparative effectiveness of current treatment options for management of large and mRCTs.

Design: Network meta-analysis.

Surgical repair of large-to-massive rotator cuff tears seems to be a better option than patch augmentation or débridement and biceps tenotomy: a prospective comparative study.

Background: This prospective study compared the outcomes after 3 different treatments for large and massive rotator cuff tears.

Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of large-to-massive rotator cuff tears were prospectively included. Patients were allocated in 3 groups: (1) arthroscopic complete repair (repair group), (2) open repair and xenograft patch augmentation (patch group), and (3) arthroscopic débridement and tenotomy of the long head of the biceps (débridement group).

Role of a collagen membrane in adhesion prevention strategy for complex spinal surgeries.

Purpose: Following lumbar spine surgery, postoperative complications can appear, including epidural adhesions. The formation of fibrosis around the dura mater can, on the one hand, lead to compression of the nerve roots with recurrent radicular pain and, on the other hand, can increase the risks of specific complications at spinal re-intervention (haematomas and dural breaches). The aim of this prospective monocentric study was to assess the safety of a new collagen antiadhesion membrane in vertebral osteotomy surgery where scar tissue and adhesions are important.