Preoperative IDEAL (Iterative Decomposition of Echoes of Asymmetrical Length) magnetic resonance imaging rotator cuff muscle fat fractions are associated with rotator cuff repair outcomes
Lansdown DA, Morrison C, Zaid MB, Patel R, Zhang AL, Allen CR, Feeley BT, Ma CB. Preoperative IDEAL (Iterative Decomposition of Echoes of Asymmetrical Length) magnetic resonance imaging rotator cuff muscle fat fractions are associated with rotator cuff repair outcomes. Journal Of Shoulder And Elbow Surgery 2019, 28: 1936-1941. PMID: 31371160, DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2019.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRotator cuff repairPostoperative PROMIS scoresPROMIS scoresFatty infiltrationCuff repairFat fractionRotator cuff muscle fatty infiltrationRotator cuff repair outcomesOnly significant independent predictorArthroscopic rotator cuff repairPreoperative fatty infiltrationInferior clinical outcomesSignificant independent predictorsIntramuscular fat fractionMuscle fatty infiltrationMuscle fat fractionMagnetic resonance imagingQuantitative magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging sequencePostoperative outcomesIndependent predictorsClinical outcomesTear sizePatientsResonance imaging