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## Background: The management of massive posterosuperior rotator cuff tears is controversial, with no gold standard. two recently developed techniques that have shown promising initial results include arthroscopic superior capsular reconstruction (scr) and tendon transfers (latissimus or lower trapezius). however, there remains a scarcity of studies examining each procedure's early postoperative clinical outcomes individually or in comparison to each other. the purpose of this study is to compare the early postoperative recovery outcomes of tendon transfers (tts) to scr. ## Methods: Using the surgical outcomes system global database (arthrex inc.), we assessed the postoperative recovery outcomes for all patients who had outcomes recorded at least 6 months after scr or tt. the time points analyzed included preoperative and postoperative (2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years). the outcomes analyzed included pain visual analog scale (vas) score, american shoulder and elbow surgeons standardized shoulder assessment form (ases) score, vr-12 physical, and single assessment numeric evaluation (sane). ## Results: Overall, 163 patients underwent scr and 24 arthroscopically

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Author

Eric R. Wagner; Jarret M. Woodmass; Kathryn M. Welp; Michelle J. Chang; Laurence Higgins; Jon J.P. Warner

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)