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All-Arthroscopic Versus Mini-Open Repair of Small or Moderate Rotator Cuff Tears

NCT00128076 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 275

Last updated 2016-05-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will compare two different surgical techniques for repairing a tear in the muscles of the shoulder (rotator cuff). The investigators will determine whether an arthroscopic or mini-open technique provides better quality of life and repair integrity.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain
  • Rotator Cuff Tear

Interventions

PROCEDURE

All-Arthroscopic repair

joint techniques and repair are both performed entirely through the arthroscope

PROCEDURE

Mini-open repair

repair is performed though a small incision and the arthroscope can be used to address problems within the joint (as per traditional diagnostic procedures)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joy C MacDermid, PhD · McMaster University, University of Western Ontario

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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