Real-time compound sonography of the rotator-cuff: evaluation of artefact reduction and image definition.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare real time compound sonography with conventional sonography in the evaluation of rotator cuff tears.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was performed on 50 supraspinatus tendons in 101 patients treated by surgical acromioplasty. The surgeon described 33 (66%) full-thickness tears and 17 (34%) partial-thickness tears.