Background: Most of the recent literature regarding rotator cuff tear etiology identifies in peripheral microcirculation disorders the probable main cause of tissue degeneration, and consequently of tendon rupture. Nailfold capillaroscopy is a practical and inexpensive diagnostic technique used to evaluate the health status of peripheral microcirculation, and recently, its use has found other indications in addition to that of diagnosing connective tissue diseases and Raynaud phenomenon. We verified the possible indirect contribution of nailfold capillaroscopy in the identification of peripheral microcirculation disturbances in a group of patients with rotator cuff tear and whether these possible alterations could be related to rotator cuff tear size.
Materials And Methods: A case-control study was performed. One hundred patients (56 male, 44 female; mean age ± standard deviation [SD]: 60.46 ± 5.46 years) with different-sized posterosuperior cuff tears and 100 healthy controls (38 male, 62 female; mean age ± SD: 60.40 ± 6.34 years) were submitted to capillaroscopic examination. The following parameters were examined: capillary morphology and density, avascular areas, visibility of the subpapillary venous plexus, enlarged and giant capillaries, ectasias and microaneurysms, neoangiogenesis, hemosiderin deposits, pericapillary edema, and capillary blood flow. Severe exclusion criteria were applied. Statistical analysis was performed.
Results: Visibility of subpapillary venous plexus (P < .001), pericapillary edema (P < .001), capillary blood flow (P < .001), ectasias and microaneurysms (P < .001), and neoangiogenesis (P = .04) were significantly associated with presence of a rotator cuff tear.
Conclusions: Our results support the hypothesis that microcirculation disorder has a relevant role in the genesis of cuff degeneration and, consequently, of tendon rupture. However, these alterations do not seem to be related to rotator cuff tear size.
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