A A Narvani1,2, M A Imam1,3, A Godenèche4, E Calvo5, S Corbett2,6, A L Wallace2, E Itoi7. 1. Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust, Chertsey, Surrey, UK. 2. Fortius Clinic, London, UK. 3. Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. 4. Centre Orthopédique Santy, Lyon, France. 5. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain. 6. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 7. Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: We review the literature and highlight the important factors to consider when counselling patients with non-traumatic rotator cuff tears on which route to take. Factors include the clinical outcomes of surgical and non-surgical routes, tendon healing rates with surgery (radiological outcome) and natural history of the tears if treated non-operatively. METHODS: A PRISMA-compliant search was carried out, including the online databases PubMed and Embase™ from 1960 to the end of June 2018. FINDINGS: A total of 49 of the 743 (579 PubMed and 164 Embase™) results yielded by the preliminary search were included in the review. There is no doubt that the non-surgical route with an appropriate physiotherapy programme has a role in the management of degenerative rotator cuff tears. This is especially the case in patients with significant risk factors for surgery, those who do not wish to go through a surgical treatment and those with small, partial and irreparable tears. However, rotator cuff repair has a good clinical outcome with significant improvements in pain, range of motion, strength, quality of life and sleep patterns.
INTRODUCTION: We review the literature and highlight the important factors to consider when counselling patients with non-traumatic rotator cuff tears on which route to take. Factors include the clinical outcomes of surgical and non-surgical routes, tendon healing rates with surgery (radiological outcome) and natural history of the tears if treated non-operatively. METHODS: A PRISMA-compliant search was carried out, including the online databases PubMed and Embase™ from 1960 to the end of June 2018. FINDINGS: A total of 49 of the 743 (579 PubMed and 164 Embase™) results yielded by the preliminary search were included in the review. There is no doubt that the non-surgical route with an appropriate physiotherapy programme has a role in the management of degenerative rotator cuff tears. This is especially the case in patients with significant risk factors for surgery, those who do not wish to go through a surgical treatment and those with small, partial and irreparable tears. However, rotator cuff repair has a good clinical outcome with significant improvements in pain, range of motion, strength, quality of life and sleep patterns.
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