title: The rotator cuff tear repair with a new arthroscopic transosseous system: the Sharc-FT(®).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Today, in rotator cuff tear repair, the transosseous sutures are considered superior from a biological and biomechanical point of view. Our purpose is to present the early clinical and biomechanical data of a new arthroscopic rotator cuff tear transosseous repair system: the Sharc-FT®.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 34 patients with rotator cuff tear affecting supraspinatus and infraspinatus, 1 to 3 cm wide, were treated and evaluated from 2010 to 2013. The average age was 63.2 years. Mean follow-up was 18.6 months. All patients were assessed through Constant score in the preoperative step and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up, performing an MRI 6 months after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients have shown a mean preoperative Constant score of 24.5 pt that constantly increases after surgery, until a mean value of 86.9 at 12 months. Regarding complications two cases of adhesive capsulitis were recorded.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This device permits to obtain transosseous sutures with cortical fixation; to greatly reduce the problems of lack of bone resistance; to decrease motion at tendon-footprint interface improving fatigue resistance; to make the stress-load distribution homogeneous at the footprint, thus optimizing biological healing. A later evaluation will be necessary, especially for the incidence of retears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Policlinico Modena University, Via del Pozzo 71, Modena, Italy. baudi.paolo@policlinico.mo.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baudi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rasia Dani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campochiaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rebuzzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020679:Arthroscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery*; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012421:Rupture