Effect of Postoperative Immobilization on Healing After Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Repair

Effect of Postoperative Immobilization on Healing After Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Repair With Double Row Technique in Small or Medium Ruptures. Prospective, Comparative and Randomized.

The study aims to establish whether one month postoperative immobilization compared early passive motion after rotator cuff arthroscopic repair in small or medium ruptures with double row technique has any healing significance.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients skeletally mature (older 18 years old)
• Small or medium rupture of rotator cuff
• Repaired with arthroscopic double row technique

Exclusion Criteria:

• Impossibility to perform MRI (claustrophobic, pacemaker, heart or brain metallic implants)
• AC arthritis with mumford procedure
• Smokers
• Diabetes
• Postoperative complication (severe pain, thrombosis, infection)
• Psychiatric disorder