Key takeaways:

Clinical outcomes did not differ between superior capsular reconstruction and bridging procedure for massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears.

Future research should review long-term graft integrity.

WASHINGTON — Arthroscopic superior capsular reconstruction and bridging graft had similar clinical and radiological outcomes at 5 years in the treatment of massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears , according to results presented here.

“We do not know what is happening with the survivability of the graft long term; therefore, we have to have more studies in the future to see what is happening to the graft integrity,” Georgios Mamarelis , MD, previously a fellow at the University of Calgary at the time of the study and now a fellow at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust,

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