Prospective Comparative Study of Arthroscopic Repair Versus Debridement for the Full-Thickness Tear of Upper Subscapularis

Ninety-nine patient outcomes were evaluated and compared prospectively.Sixty-nine patients with full-thickness tears of the upper subscapularis tendon underwent arthroscopicrepair (group I) and thirty patients underwent simple debridement (group II) between May 2003 andOctober 2007. In all patients, the tear was localized to the superior one third of the upper subscapularistendon. The results of the treatment were assessed by evaluating the UCLA, ASES, and VAS for pain andinternal rotation strength scores before and after the operation.

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