Treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears using sub-acromial spacer
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Does treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears of shoulder using biodegradable sub-acromial spacer improves Oxford Shoulder Score at one year.
IRAS ID
218234
Contact name
Venkat Vardhan Gade
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Rotator cuff tears are a common problem seen in orthopaedic patients and cause significant pain and disability.Tears which are more than 5 cms are called massive and restricts the patients from activities of daily living.The management of these tears is difficult. There are various treatment options available but there is no consensus amongst that is best method to improve patient symptoms and give good function in the shoulder . This study aims to find improvement in oxford shoulder score at one year, the pain relief which will be using a visual analogue score, night pain and range of movement obtained after use of the balloon spacer inserted into the shoulder . The spacer which is implanted between the acromion and humeral head to restore shoulder bio-mechanics and reducing friction by lowering the humeral head.
The study will be undertaken at Royal Bournemouth hospital .These patients will be recruited from the Consultant Shoulder Surgeon practice .The patients who already had surgery with the inspacer balloon will be recalled to clinics. The purpose of the study is to find improvement in oxford shoulder score, pain relief especially at night pain range of motion and define daily activities which the patients find difficult to perform before rotator cuff surgery.REC name
South Central - Hampshire B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/SC/0426
Date of REC Opinion
6 Oct 2017
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion