
Hyaluronic acid as an alternative treatment option for degenerative rotator cuff tears
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- Philip Tack (UGent) , Sofie Vanhaverbeke, Lieven De Wilde (UGent) and Alexander Van Tongel (UGent)
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- Rotator cuff tears have a high prevalence in older people. This research examines the clinical outcome of the non-operative treatment of symptomatic degenerative rotator cuff tears with hyaluronic acid (HA) injections. 72 patients (43 females/29 males), with an average age of 66 years with symptomatic degenerative full- thickness rotator cuff tear, confirmed with arthro-CT, were treated with three intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections and followed on multiple observational moments during a 5-year follow-up using the SF- 36 (Short-Form Health Survey), DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand), CMS (Constant Murley Score), and OSS (Oxford Shoulder Scale. 54 patients completed the 5-year follow-up questionnaire. 77% of the patients did not require additional treatment for their shoulder pathology, and 89% were treated conservatively. Only 11% of the patients included in this study needed surgery. Between subjects, the analysis revealed a significant difference in response in the DASH (p=0.015) and CMS (p=0.033) when the subscapularis muscle was involved. Intra-articular infiltrations with hyaluronic acid improve pain and shoulder function, especially if the subscapularis muscle is not involved.
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- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, General Medicine, Surgery, shoulder, hyaluronic acid, conservative treatment, Rotatorcuff tears
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- Tack, Philip, et al. “Hyaluronic Acid as an Alternative Treatment Option for Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tears.” ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA, vol. 88, no. 4, 2022, pp. 691–98, doi:10.52628/88.4.10794.
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- Tack, P., Vanhaverbeke, S., De Wilde, L., & Van Tongel, A. (2022). Hyaluronic acid as an alternative treatment option for degenerative rotator cuff tears. ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA, 88(4), 691–698. https://doi.org/10.52628/88.4.10794
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- Tack, Philip, Sofie Vanhaverbeke, Lieven De Wilde, and Alexander Van Tongel. 2022. “Hyaluronic Acid as an Alternative Treatment Option for Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tears.” ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA 88 (4): 691–98. https://doi.org/10.52628/88.4.10794.
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- Tack, Philip, Sofie Vanhaverbeke, Lieven De Wilde, and Alexander Van Tongel. 2022. “Hyaluronic Acid as an Alternative Treatment Option for Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tears.” ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA 88 (4): 691–698. doi:10.52628/88.4.10794.
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- 1.Tack P, Vanhaverbeke S, De Wilde L, Van Tongel A. Hyaluronic acid as an alternative treatment option for degenerative rotator cuff tears. ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA. 2022;88(4):691–8.
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- [1]P. Tack, S. Vanhaverbeke, L. De Wilde, and A. Van Tongel, “Hyaluronic acid as an alternative treatment option for degenerative rotator cuff tears,” ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA, vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 691–698, 2022.
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