• Department of Sports Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, 650032, P. R. China;
LI Yanlin, Email: 852387873@qq.com
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Objective  To summarize the evaluation methods of postoperative healing of supraspinatus tendon tear in recent years, in order to provide reference for clinic. Methods  CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed, and Foreign Medical Literature Retrieval Service (FMRS) databases were used to search the literatures between 2005 and 2022. The literature related to the diagnosis and postoperative healing of supraspinatus tendon tear was included. Finally, 50 articles were reviewed. Results Supraspinatus tendon tear is a common shoulder disease. Physical examination, clinical score, and imaging examination are used to predict and evaluate the postoperative healing. Among them, physical examination and clinical score are non-invasive and the most economical methods, but their accuracy and sensitivity are lower than imaging examination, so they can only be used as auxiliary methods. The acromio-humeral distance (AHD) and upward migration index (UMI) measured by X-ray films can directly reflect the change of supraspinatus tendon thickness, but they are impossible to distinguish whether there is tear or not. Ultrasound and MRI are the main methods for the clinical diagnosis of supraspinatus tendon tear, but the commonly used MRI sequence can not accurately judge the internal healing of the tendon. Shear wave elastrography (SWE) and ultrashort-echo-time (UTE) techniques are the latest research directions in recent years, but different studies have shown opposite conclusions on the application of SWE technique. This conclusion shows that the principle of SWE technique and its relationship with tendons need to be further studied. UTE technique has good clinical effect, and the T2* value obtained by UTE technique is more accurate than that of traditional Sugaya typing, but there are still few research samples. Conclusion  AHD and UMI measured by X-ray film and T2* value measured by UTE technique can be used as effective methods for evaluating the healing of supraspinatus tendon tear after repairing, and can be used as a follow-up evaluation method combined with physical examination and clinical score for patients with supraspinatus tendon tear.

Citation: NING Ziwen, SHI Zhengliang, YANG Guang, ZHONG Ruiying, YU Hong, WANG Yang, WANG Guoliang, LI Yanlin. Evaluation methods of postoperative healing of supraspinatus tendon tear. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2022, 36(9): 1172-1177. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202206054 Copy

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