Long-term outcome for arthroscopic repair of partial articular-sided supraspinatus tendon avulsion.

Purpose: To assess the long-term clinical outcome of arthroscopic transtendon repair of partial articular-sided supraspinatus tendon avulsion (PASTA) lesions using University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Short Form 36 (SF-36) scores.

Methods: We prospectively collected and retrospectively reviewed data on 15 patients who underwent arthroscopic transtendon PASTA repair between 1997 to 2001. The mean patient age was 50.