Acromio humeral distance less than six millimeter: its meaning in full-thickness rotator cuff tear.

Unlabelled: The present study sought to identify full-thickness rotator cuff tears liable to induce an acromiohumeral distance (AHD) of less than 6 mm. The hypothesis was that, less than 6mm AHD is found exclusively in association with total full-thickness infraspinatus tear.

Materials: A continuous single-center series recruited 109 shoulders, free of glenohumeral osteoarthritis, presenting with full-thickness tear requiring surgery.

How repaired rotator cuff function influences Constant scoring.

Unlabelled: The function level influence of an intact rotator cuff on the unweighted Constant score and its corresponding items is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate this contribution. The hypothesis was that the shoulder muscles other than the rotator cuff ones ensure a "basic" shoulder function level that is improved by the rotator cuff depending on its fatty degeneration index (FDI) MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was based on a continuous series of 29 non-osteoarthritic shoulders whose sutured rotator cuff tears remained intact after 9 years of follow-up.

Long-term functional and structural outcome in patients with intact repairs 1 year after open transosseous rotator cuff repair.

Hypothesis: Tendon-to-bone suture and a fatty degeneration index (FDI)
Materials And Methods: We studied 30 cuffs with FDI View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Influence of lower-limb torsion on long-term outcomes of tibial valgus osteotomy for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

Background: The results of tibial osteotomy used to treat osteoarthritis of the medial compartment of the knee deteriorate over time even when the initial correction is optimal. Studies have shown that tibial and femoral torsion and the femorotibial index (tibial torsion minus femoral torsion) contribute, together with coronal malalignment, to the development of single-compartment knee osteoarthritis. The objective of our study was to evaluate the impact of femoral and tibial torsion and of coronal realignment on the long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of valgus tibial osteotomy.