Repair Integrity and Functional Outcomes for Arthroscopic Margin Convergence of Rotator Cuff Tears

Abstract

Reducing tension by margin convergence followed by a repair of the resulting free edge to bone has reasonable short-term clinical results but a substantial retear rate (47.8%). However, the retears tended to be smaller than the original tear size. No significant difference was observed in the short-term clinical results between the groups with or without a retear.