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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Debridement

2006; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00132589-200603000-00002

1539-591X

Jeffrey E. Budoff, Robert P. Nirschl,

Tendon Structure and Treatment

Recent evidence has shown that rotator cuff pathology, in most patients, is due to primary intrinsic tendon degeneration. This degeneration leads to a build up of tendinosis at the insertion of the rotator cuff. Arthroscopic debridement of this tendinosis tissue without acromioplasty has been shown to have long-term efficacy in the treatment of "impingement syndrome" (rotator cuff symptoms in the absence of a full-thickness tear). The details of this technique are described.