Table 2.
Characterization and management of rotator cuff lesions identified via magnetic resonance imaging or arthroscopic findings in the operating room.
| Preoperative MRI |
OR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Tear | Type | Location | Tendon(s) Involved | Tear | Type | Location | Tendon(s) Involved | Treatment |
| 1 | Yes | FP | Articular | Supraspinatus Infraspinatus |
Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus | Repair |
| 2 | Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus Infraspinatus |
Yes | FP | Articular | Supraspinatus | Repair |
| 3 | No | X | X | X | Yes | FP | Articular | Supraspinatus | Repair |
| 4 | – | – | – | – | Yes | FP | Articular | Supraspinatus | Repair |
| 5 | Yes | FP | Articular | Infraspinatus | Yes | PT | Articular | Infraspinatus | Repair |
| 6 | – | – | – | – | Yes | PT | Articular | Infraspinatus | Repair |
| 7 | No | X | X | X | Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus | Debridement |
| 8 | Yes | PT | Bursal | Supraspinatus | Yes | PT | Bursal | – | Debridement |
| 9 | Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus | Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus | Debridement |
| 10 | – | – | – | – | Yes | PT | Articular | Supraspinatus | Debridement |
MRI = Magnetic resonance imaging; OR = Operating Room; FP = Footplate; PT = Partial-thickness
– Data not available.
X Data not applicable.