Midterm efficacy of modified double-row Mason-Allen suture technique in moderate to severe rotator cuff tears under arthroscopy
HAN Bao-kun
TAO Jun
MA Shuai
WU Cheng-yu
TIAN Tian
CHEN Yi-meng
Abstract：Objective To compare the midterm efficacy of the modified double-row Mason-Allen suture tech-nique with the traditional double-row suture-bridge technique for moderate to severe rotator cuff tears under arthrosco-py.Methods Sixty patients with moderate to severe rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic repair between October 2022 and October 2023 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Science and Technology were randomly as-signed into two groups:the experimental group(30 cases)treated with the modified double-row Mason-Allen suture technique,and the control group(30 cases)treated with the traditional double-row suture-bridge technique.Outcome measures included MRI results,Visual Analog Scale(VAS),University of California,Los Angeles(UCLA)score,Con-stant-Murley score,operative time,and number of anchors used.The preoperative and final follow-up data were com-pared within and between the groups.Results All patients were followed up for six months,with no cases of rotator cuff retears.The experimental group required less suturing time and fewer anchors than the control group.At the final follow-up,the experimental group showed VAS scores of 1.50±1.08,UCLA scores of 31.00±0.87,and Constant-Murley scores of 87.00±1.88.The control group showed VAS scores of 1.40±0.73,UCLA scores of 31.00±0.91,and Con-stant-Murley scores of 86.73±1.86.Both groups demonstrated significant improvement from preoperative values(P＜0.05).However,there were no significant differences in postoperative evaluation metrics between the two groups(P＞0.05).Conclusion Both the modified double-row Mason-Allen suture technique and the traditional double-row su-ture-bridge technique achieved expected therapeutic outcomes for rotator cuff tear repairs.However,the modified tech-nique offers advantages of reduced anchor usage and shorter suturing times,making it a superior choice for rotator cuff re-pair.
Keywords：rotator cuff teararthroscopic rotator cuff repairdouble-row suture-bridge techniquemodified double-row Mason-Allen suture technique
Publication Date：2025-01-27
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 77-82 )