Single double-loaded anchor repair of isolated Lafosse III subscapularis tears in patients not involved in physically demanding activities provides satisfactory functional and radiologic outcomes at minimum 5-year follow-up
Furkan Aral, Ethem Burak Oklaz, Asim Ahmadov, Emre Asiret, Cagatay Delice, Elif Banu Guler Oklaz, Ismail Akdulum, Ulunay Kanatli · 2026
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Description
Aral and colleagues report a 2026 surgery study on repairing one torn shoulder tendon, the subscapularis, with a single anchor holding two suture loads. They reviewed 27 patients, none in heavy physical work, treated between 2014 and 2020. Function, pain, movement, and tendon healing on scans were tracked for at least five years.
By final follow-up, at an average of about 81 months, function scores had nearly doubled from their starting levels. Pain fell to near one on a ten-point scale, and inward rotation improved by several spine levels. Positive results on two squeeze tests for this tendon dropped sharply, from over nine in ten patients to under one in five. For patients without heavy job demands, one anchor gave lasting repair, which keeps surgery simpler and cheaper than multi-anchor fixes.
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| CREATOR | Furkan Aral, Ethem Burak Oklaz, Asim Ahmadov, Emre Asiret, Cagatay Delice, Elif Banu Guler Oklaz, Ismail Akdulum, Ulunay Kanatli |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |