High Rate of Clinically Meaningful Achievement in Outcomes After Subacromial Balloon Spacer Implantation for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Kunze K, Moran J, Cecere R, Taylor S, Fu M, Warren R, Dines D, Gulotta L, Dines J. High Rate of Clinically Meaningful Achievement in Outcomes After Subacromial Balloon Spacer Implantation for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2023, 52: 286-294. PMID: 36946876, DOI: 10.1177/03635465231155916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMassive irreparable rotator cuff tearsPatient acceptable symptom stateIrreparable rotator cuff tearsSubstantial clinical benefitRotator cuff tearsConstant-Murley scoreNumeric rating scaleOxford Shoulder ScoreSpacer implantationMCID achievementCuff tearsSystematic reviewPASS achievementASES scoreShoulder ScorePooled rateMeaningful improvementsFreeman-Tukey double arcsine transformationMassive Irreparable Rotator CuffRating ScaleOverall pooled rateAcceptable symptom stateElbow Surgeons scoreIrreparable Rotator CuffDouble arcsine transformation