Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair With Synovectomy

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair With Synovectomy; Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of synovectomy on clinical outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with a full-thickness rotator cuff tear undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of shoulder surgery
• Acute trauma on affected shoulder
• Chronic dislocation
• Pyogenic infection
• Rotator cuff arthropathy with glenohumeral osteoarthritis and superior migration of the humeral head
• Isolated subscapularis tear
• Psychiatric problems that precluded informed consent
• An inability to read or write
• Other serious issues that precluded participation in the study
• Open surgery
• Rotator cuff tear with worker's compensation claim
• Refuse to participate in the study
• LOM that need brisement force
• Partial-thickness tear with focal full-thickness extension
• Irrepairable rotator cuff tear
• Subjects who, for any reason, are judged by the investigator to be inappropriate for this study, including a subject who had other severe medical condition or laboratory abnormality, or who is unable to communicate or to cooperate with the investigator