NCT05477771

The Cross-sectional Area of the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon and the Rotator Cuff Tear Position

The Correlation Between the Cross-sectional Area of the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon and the Tear Position in Patients With Rotator Cuff Tears

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: RenJi Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main aim and scope of this study is making measurement and comparison of the cross-sectional area of the long head of the biceps tendon(LHBT) in the patients suffered form rotator cuff tear with different tear positions, and making observation and comparison of the impairment type of the LHBT in the patients suffered from rotator cuff tear with different tear positions. The results may identify the influence of the tear position on the LHBT.

Conditions

• Rotator Cuff Tears

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair	The rotator cuff tears were repaired under arthroscopy. A subacromial decompression was performed in all patients. Then the long head of the biceps with severe lesions were treated by tenotomy while the others were reserved according to the surgeon's judgment during the surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-29
• Primary completion: 2022-08-15
• Completion: 2022-08-22
• First posted: 2022-07-28
• Last updated: 2022-07-28