Patient, imaging, and surgical factors associated with supraspinatus re-tear pattern after rotator cuff repair.

Background: This study aimed to characterize patient, imaging, and surgical factors associated with re-tear patterns after rotator cuff repair, as well as to identify predictors of type 2 failure in a large patient cohort.

Methods: A retrospective case-control study was performed at a single urban academic institution. All patients who underwent an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by 2 fellowship-trained shoulder and elbow surgeons between 2005 and 2022 and were subsequently found to have a symptomatic re-tear on magnetic resonance imaging were included.