Open AccessDoes Margin Convergence Reverse Pseudoparalysis in Patients with Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears?
Author(s) -
Haruyuki Inui,
Jumpei Yamada,
Katsuya Nobuhara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001617
Subject(s) - medicine , rotator cuff , tears , surgery , elbow , margin (machine learning) , subluxation , alternative medicine , pathology , machine learning , computer science
Margin convergence has been shown to restore muscle tension in a cadaveric model of a rotator cuff tear. However, the clinical utility of this technique remains uncertain for patients with pseudoparalysis caused by an irreparable rotator cuff tear.