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Filter by:Title: One-arm, international, multi-center with competitive recruitment, prospective study to assess the safety and efficacy of OrthoSpace's InSpace™ in rotator cuff tear subjects scheduled for surgery of the rotator cuff - A pivotal study Device: OrthoSpace's Biodegradable Implanted Balloon (InSpace) Study population: Rotator Cuff tear subjects scheduled for arthroscopy. Number of subjects: Up to 70 subject for data analysis. Number of sites: At least 4 sites in Israel. Main Inclusion criteria: Informed consent, diagnosed with Rotator Cuff tear. Main Exclusion criteria: Former surgery on affected shoulder, sever illness, significant shoulder co morbidities. Follow up period: 12 months. Visits at hospital before discharge at 1-2 days post implantation, 7-10 days post implantation, 3 weeks post implantation, 6 weeks post implantation, 3,6 and 12 months post implantation. Primary goal: To assess the safety of the SpaceGuard in Rotator Cuff tear subjects. Secondary goals: To assess the effectiveness of the SpaceGuard in the study population. The effectiveness will be assessed by terms of good positioning of the SpaceGuard and subsequent follow-up non migration, surgeon satisfaction, pain relief and time to pain relief, Range of Motion (ROM) and time to ROM with the SpaceGuard. Primary end point: Serious Adverse Event rate related to the device and/or system complication. Secondary end points: Surgeon dissatisfaction following the deployment of SpaceGuard, migration of the balloon shown by ultrasound/ X-ray/MRI at relevant follow-up visits, lost of ROM and pain enhancement.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the immobilization period is helpful for the better healing of repaired rotator cuff. The investigators hypothesis is that the longer immobilization after rotator cuff repair will help the healing of rotator cuff.
The purpose of this study is to compare treatment benefits from surgical treatment by tendon repair and from physiotherapy for small and medium-sized rotator cuff tears.
Arthroscopic repair has become the preferable surgical technique to treat rotator cuff tears in the last decade. Many researches demonstrate equal and even superior outcome with this surgical technique, while others show opposite results. The aim of this study is to estimate the anatomic and functional results of the arthroscopic repair among the patients of the orthopedic department at the Soroka University Medical Center, in order to check the investigators hypothesis that indeed - the arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff is the better surgical technique. Methods: study population - 80 patients who had had an arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff between the years 2005-2008 at the SUMC. Inclusion criteria: age over 18 years. arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. date of operation not before 2005. Study design: 1. Data base Collection. 2. Inviting the patients for physical examination + ultrasound examination of the operated shoulder + filling out questionnaires (SF36, CONSTANT SCORE) 3. Statistical analysis 4. Publication
Patients diagnosed with partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff are sometimes surgically repaired, while other cases are not. It is unknown how patients fare over time without electing surgical repair and how outcomes differ by type of injury.
The goal of this study is to find which patients will improve with the nonsurgical treatment of physical therapy for the treatment of rotator cuff tears.
The purpose of this study is to better understand the influence of post-operative rehabilitation on the rate of tendon healing and clinical outcomes following arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff. There are two schools of thought on what type of therapy program is most beneficial following surgical cuff repair. However there has been little data available to compare them. Therefore, the investigators would like to compare these two standard plans of care so that the investigators may better define the safety and efficacy of early mobilization of the shoulder versus keeping the shoulder immobilized following surgical management.
This study aims at determining the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgical management of full-thickness rotator cuff tears compared to conservative treatment. The research setting is prospective, randomised, and controlled. The aim of the study is to search out evidence based data of indications for rotator cuff repair. The investigators also aim at offering patients the most efficient and effective treatment and reduce the number of operations that do not have sufficient effectiveness. The data obtained will facilitate developing guidelines for referrals to a specialist when rotator cuff tear is suspected. The investigators hypothesize that there are subgroups of patients suffering from rotator cuff tears that benefit from surgery whereas other subgroups are best treated conservatively.
The study will identify if there is a difference of quality of life after surgery between two techniques used in surgery. The two different techniques are either the Single Row Fixation or the Double Row Fixation.
This study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of GraftJacket, a human tissue product used in fixing large and massive reparable rotator cuff tears.GraftJacket allograft (Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Arlington, TN) is a biologic tissue that is derived from human dermis. The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether rotator cuff repair augmentation using GraftJacket allograft provides a viable alternative, based on observed clinical outcomes, versus outcomes traditionally achieved with suture and anchor repairs. The study will secondarily investigate the difference in outcomes in patients treated arthroscopically versus open. This study will report patient progress and results at early (6 month) and late (2 year) time points in patients treated for large and massive reparable rotator cuff tears (>3cm). A reparable tear is defined as a tear of the rotator cuff where it is possible to bring the retracted tendon edge back to the greater tuberosity of the humerus without excessive tension. Restoration of rotator cuff integrity, clinical outcomes and re-tear rate will be included in the study evaluations.