Single Versus Double Row Suture Anchor Repair in Medium to Large Rotator Cuff Tears

Completed

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tear

• Registration Number: NCT01039571
• Lead Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether double row repair is better in healing than traditional single row repair in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Our null hypothesis is there are no differences in clinical and structural results

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-01
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-24
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-25
• Primary Completion: 2010-01
• Study Completion: 2010-01
• Status Verified: 2011-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 2011-04-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 71

Inclusion Criteria

• Rotator cuff tears
• tear size between 2cm~4cm

Exclusion Criteria

• Subscapularis tear requiring repair
• open repair
• any prior history of surgery on the affected shoulder
• any fracture history around shoulder girdle(clavicle, humerus, acromion)
• glenohumeral joint arthritis
• inflammatory arthropathy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Retear rate in each group(single row repair group and double row repair group)	MRI after 6 months from surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of