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The Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tear:Trauma 101 Rotator Cuff Session
Brian Grawe, MDAssistant ProfessorOrthopaedics & Sports Medicine5/11/2017
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Brian Grawe, MD
Assistant Professor
Phone Number: 513-558-4516
Email: [email protected]
I HAVE NO DISCLOSURES or COI
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Outline• Background
• Definition & Classification
• Pathomechanics
• Clinical Presentation
• Treatment Options
• Summary
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“20 second TO”: What this talk is NOT
• Comprehensive review of literature for treatment options for the irreparable rotator cuff tear
• Endorsement of any one treatment strategy
• Comprehensive review of rotator cuff tear arthropathy
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Background: Rotator Cuff DiseaseEpidemiology
Millions of Americans have some aspect of rotator cuff disease
Full-thickness tear• 28% (> 60 yo)• 65% (>70 yo)
Those with asx tear• 50% chance of developing sxs w/in three years• 40% chance of tear progression
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BackgroundIrreparable Rotator Cuff Tear (IRCT)• Complex clinical spectrum
Lack of consensus (regarding treatment)
• Progression Fatty infiltration Tendon retraction Inelastic tissue Scar & adhesion formation
• Repair Unpredictable Highly morbid
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Definition & Classification
• Massive tear ≠ Irreparable tear Lack of healing potential Not technical feasibility
• Size (USA) Cofield JBJS 1985 > 5 cm
• # of Tendons (Europe)Gerber JBJS 2000 Prognosis, function, outcome
Consider: amount of humeral head exposed, tear pattern, tissue mobility
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PathomechanicsSuspension Bridge
Force Couple Concavity-Compression Cuff centers the head
JBJS 1999 & 2007
Impoverished biologic environment Attritional changes to tendon Attritional changes to muscle Relative hypovascularity
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Clinical Presentation (IRCT Pearls)
History• Determine “CC”
– Pain ?– Weakness ?
• Was there an acute event?– Tear extension– Effect early tx
Physical Exam• Pseudoparalysis
– Pain ?– Fulcrum loss?
• CA arch violation– Escape
• Fossae atrophy• Lag signs
JBJS Br 1998
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Clinical Presentation (IRCT Pearls)
Radiographs• AHI
– < 5mm CORR 1990
– Fatty infiltrationJSES 2008
MRI• Size• Retraction• Fatty infiltration
– Stage 3 & 4 no improvement after repair (AJR 2005)
***U/S cannot determine reparability***
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Treatment Options
Nonoperative
vs
Operative
….Who, What, Where, How, Why, and When ?
TAYLOR THE PLAN: patients goals, symptoms, demands (patient and shoulder)… remember the snowflake
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TreatmentNonoperative• Physical therapy Subscap; trapezieus; ANTERIOR DELT Scapular stabilization
• Corticosteroid injection PT participation Defines true
pseudoparalysis v pain
• Treat people not x-rays
JBJS 2008 & 2012
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Treatment Operative• Arthroscopic
• Reconstruction Superior CapsuleGrafts Tendon Transfers
• Arthroplasty Hemi RSA
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Treatment: Arthroscopic• Rotator cuff debridement
Burkhart CORR 1991; Gartsman JBJS 1997
• Partial Repair (margin convergence) (HH coverage) Burkhart Arthropscopy 1994; Duralde JSES 2005
• Reverse decompression (tuberoplasty) (maintains arch) Fenlin JSES 2002
• Biceps tenotomy Walch JSES 2005; Boileau JBJS 2007
• Suprascapular nerve release Lafosse Arthroscopy 2007
• Eliminate all pain generators !!! Steroid restores elevation or not ready for arthroplasty Bad OA or significant cuff atrophy
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Treatment: Reconstruction (Salvage?)Superior capsule (NKOTB)• Biomechanical sound
Mihata AJSM 2016• Clinical results promising
Mihata Arthroscopy 2013
Tendon Transfer • (<50, weakness, ready for rehab)• Lat Dorsi
Gerber CORR 1992• Pec Major
Elhassan JBJS 2008
… Scaffolds (bridge) beyond scope … Data is conflicting & conflicted
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Treatment: ArthroplastyHemiarthroplasty• Balance mechanics - AKA -• Preserved coronal plane force couple (intact subscap)• Conventional
67% or 63% good results; previous SAD bad Sanchez Sotelo JBJS 2001 Field JBJS 1997
• EAS head Copeland J Surg Orthop Adv 2009
• Function and cost better with RSA Leung JSES 2012; Leung JSES 2012
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Treatment: Arthroplasty
Reverse Shoulder Replacement (RSA)• TSA leads to loosening via rocking horse
Franklin & Matsen Arthroplasty 1988
• COR moved medially (not too much) and distally• Improve fulcrum of deltoid
(lengths momement arm and tensions)• Prosthesis more constrained; more stable• Higher complication rate
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Treatment: ArthroplastyReverse Shoulder Replacement (Results)• Grammont’s modification (invented for CTA)• Clinical Success
Boileau JSES 2007 Wall JBJS 2007 Frankle JBJS 2010
• DO’s Elderly; low demand; arthropathy;
consider lat tranfer too
• DON’T’s Young age; high function preop;
neurologic dysfunction
• Maybe’s Revision surgery; no pseudoparalysis;
severe concomitant cervical radiculopathy
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Case 1: LE
47 yo male s/p MVC
Poly trauma: flail chest, bilateral shoulder injuries w/ acromial fracture ORIF
Underwent attempt at RCR – failed
Now 8 months from initial injury
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Case 1: LE
SummaryChronic subscap, supra, and infra tearFailed previous repair attemptSignificant atrophy of supra
PlanPectoralis major transferSCR
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Case 1: LE
* Pec transfer: under coracoid
* ASES:**39.9 → 100**
*Back to work
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Case 2: CJ
• 52 yo female with long standing history of shoulder pain and weakness
• Unable to perform ADLs
• Failed PT and numerous steroid injections
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Case 2: CJSummaryRotator cuff arthropathyRelatively young patientProfound external rotation lag
PlanHemi-arthroplastyEAS headTendon transfer
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Case 2: CJ
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Summary• Treat all patients like snowflakes
• Define expectations early
• Consider injection to define pseudoparalysis
• PT should focus on ANTERIOR DELTOID
• Arthroscopic surgery can help in certain pts
• RSA should not be take lightly Good pain control Overhead power less reliable Complication rate relative high
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