Purpose: To determine whether shoulder injections prior to rotator cuff repair (RCR) are associated with deleterious surgical outcomes.

Methods: Two large national insurance databases were used to identify a total of 22,156 patients who received ipsilateral shoulder injections prior to RCR. They were age, sex, obesity, smoking status, and comorbidity matched to a control group of patients who underwent RCR without prior injections. The 2 groups were compared regarding RCR revision rates.

Results: Patients who received injections prior to RCR were more likely to undergo RCR revision than matched controls (odds ratio [OR], 1.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.38-1.68; P < .0001). Patients who received injections closer to the time of index RCR were more likely to undergo revision (P < .0001). Patients who received a single injection prior to RCR had a higher likelihood of revision (OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.10-1.43; P = .001). Patients who received 2 or more injections prior to RCR had a greater than 2-fold odds of revision (combined OR, 2.12; 95% CI, 1.82-2.47; P < .0001) versus the control group.

Conclusions: This study strongly suggests a correlation between preoperative shoulder injections and revision RCR. There is also a frequency dependence and time dependence to this finding, with more frequent injections and with administration of injections closer to the time of surgery both independently associated with higher revision RCR rates. Presently, on the basis of this retrospective database study, orthopaedic surgeons should exercise due caution regarding shoulder injections in patients whom they are considering to be surgical candidates for RCR.

Level Of Evidence: Level III, therapeutic study.

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