XU Wennan , ZHANG Yaonan , SHI Lei , WANG Fei , XUE Qingyun
  • Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, P. R. China;
XUE Qingyun, Email: xqybjhsp@163.com
Subscapularis tendon tear; nomogram; magnetic resonance imaging; predictive model
10.7507/1002-1892.202203091
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Objective  To identify and screen sensitive predictors associated with subscapularis (SSC) tendon tear and develop a web-based dynamic nomogram to assist clinicians in early identification and intervention of SSC tendon tear. Methods  Between July 2016 and December 2021, 528 consecutive cases of patients who underwent shoulder arthroscopic surgery with completely MRI and clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Patients admitted between July 2016 and July 2019 were included in the training cohort, and patients admitted between August 2019 and December 2021 were included in the validation cohort. According to the diagnosis of arthroscopy, the patients were divided into SSC tear group and non-SSC tear group. Univariate analysis, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) method, and 10-fold cross-validation method were used to screen for reliable predictors highly associated with SSC tendon tear in a training set cohort, and R language was used to build a nomogram model for internal and external validation. The prediction performance of the nomogram was evaluated by concordance index (C-index) and calibration curve with 1 000 Bootstrap. Receiver operating curves were drawn to evaluate the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, likelihood ratio) of the predictive model and MRI (based on direct signs), respectively. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was used to evaluate the clinical implications of predictive models and MRI. Results  The nomogram model showed good discrimination in predicting the risk of SSC tendon tear in patients [C-index=0.878; 95%CI (0.839, 0.918)], and the calibration curve showed that the predicted results were basically consistent with the actual results. The research identified 6 predictors highly associated with SSC tendon tears, including coracohumeral distance (oblique sagittal) reduction, effusion sign (Y-plane), subcoracoid effusion sign, biceps long head tendon displacement (dislocation/subluxation), multiple posterosuperior rotator cuff tears (≥2, supra/infraspinatus), and MRI suspected SSC tear (based on direct sign). Compared with MRI diagnosis based on direct signs of SSC tendon tear, the predictive model had superior sensitivity (80.2% vs. 57.0%), positive predictive value (53.9% vs. 53.3%), negative predictive value (92.7% vs. 86.3%), positive likelihood ratio (3.75 vs. 3.66), and negative likelihood ratio (0.25 vs. 0.51). DCA suggested that the predictive model could produce higher clinical benefit when the risk threshold probability was between 3% and 93%. Conclusion The nomogram model can reliably predict the risk of SSC tendon tear and can be used as an important tool for auxiliary diagnosis.

Citation： XU Wennan, ZHANG Yaonan, SHI Lei, WANG Fei, XUE Qingyun. Development of a risk stratification model for subscapularis tendon tear based on patient-specific data from 528 shoulder arthroscopy. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2022, 36(6): 729-738. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202203091 Copy

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