The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Feb 2014
Meta AnalysisStructural integrity after rotator cuff repair does not correlate with patient function and pain: a meta-analysis.
The correlation between the structural integrity of rotator cuff repair and the clinical outcome for the patient remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between patient function and structural integrity of the rotator cuff after repair. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that there is not a clinically important difference in validated functional outcome scores or pain for patients who have undergone rotator cuff repair regardless of the structural integrity of the repair. Patients with intact repairs do have significantly greater strength than those with retears.