Prophylactic Conjoint Tendon Lengthening During Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes
ConditionOsteoarthritis Shoulder
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorNickolas Garbis
About this trial
Some patients may experience persistent pain in the front of their shoulder after reverse shoulder replacement. One of the possible reasons for this is that the surgery causes a change in the alignment of the shoulder joint, which may cause increased tension and compression on one of the biceps tendon called the conjoint tendon. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether conjoint tendon lengthening, a surgical procedure that involves cutting and lengthening the conjoint tendon in order to reduce tension and compression, is able to prevent or reduce the risk of anterior shoulder pain at one year after surgery.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients who are at least 18 years old undergoing primary reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
Operations that occur at Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, IL), Loyola Ambulatory Surgery Center (Maywood, IL), or Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
Disqualifiers
Patients younger than 18 years old
Patients who had prior coracoid transfer procedure
Patients who are undergoing revision surgery from a prior arthroplasty
Current pregnancy As per standard protocol with all surgeries, a urine pregnancy test is performed prior to surgery. If positive, the surgery will be cancelled and the patient will be excluded from the research study.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Prophylactic Conjoint Tendon Lengthening
- Standard Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Treatment groups
110 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Nickolas Garbis
Lead sponsor
Loyola University
Sponsor institution
Loyola University School of Medicine
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov