Results showed patients with higher preoperative single assessment numeric evaluation scores who undergo reverse shoulder arthroplasty for massive rotator cuff tears without glenohumeral arthritis have an increased risk for poor function.
Jacob M. Kirsch, MD, and colleagues performed a retrospective case-control study on 60 patients (mean age of 71.4 years) who underwent RSA for massive rotator cuff tears without glenohumeral arthritis and a mean follow-up of 30 months. Outcome measures included preoperative and postoperative single assessment numeric evaluation (SANE) scores, American