Patient-related Risk Factors for Postoperative Stiffness Requiring Surgical Intervention After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

The objective is to determine patient-related risk factors for stiffness after RCR. METHODS: The PearlDiver database was queried from 2007 to 2015 for patients undergoing isolated arthroscopic RCR. A multivariate binomial logistic regression analysis assessed for risk factors requiring a postoperative manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) or lysis of adhesions (LOA) within 9 months after RCR. RESULTS: Two hundred thirty-two of 19,229 patients (1.2%) underwent a LOA and/or MUA within 9 months after arthroscopic RCR. Significant risk factors identified were age less than 50 years (odds ratio [OR], 1.9; P < 0.0001), female gender (OR, 2.0; P < 0.0001), diabetes mellitus (DM) type I (OR, 2.7; P < 0.0001), hypothyroidism (OR, 1.3; P = 0.020), and systemic lupus erythematosus (OR, 2.1; P = 0.004). However, tobacco use was associated with a 0.5 risk of developing stiffness (P < 0.0001). DISCUSSION: Systemic lupus erythematosus, hypothyroidism, and DMI (but not DMII) in addition to young age and female gender were risk factors for LOA/MUA after arthroscopic RCR. PMID: 30278008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research