Open AccessDetection of Rotator Cuff Tears by Ultrasound: How Many Scans Do Novices Need to Be Competent?
Author(s) -
Dong Min Kim,
Jae-Seong Seo,
InHo Jeon,
Chang-Ho Cho,
Kyoung Hwan Koh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinics in orthopedic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-4408
pISSN - 2005-291X
DOI - 10.4055/cios20259
Subject(s) - medicine , rotator cuff , tears , orthopedic surgery , ultrasound , competence (human resources) , rotator cuff injury , tendon , surgery , physical therapy , radiology , psychology , social psychology
Ultrasound is commonly used for evaluating rotator cuff tears. However, little training in ultrasound imaging is provided during orthopedic residents' training period. Therefore, we performed this study to determine how many ultrasound scans are required for orthopedic residents to be competent and self-confident in the diagnosis of supraspinatus tendon tears and to investigate whether senior residents outperformed junior residents.