These authors studied 139 full-thickness rotator cuff tears with a mean subject age of 63.3 years and follow-up duration of 6.0 years/
Ninety-six (69.1%) of the tears demonstrated integrity of the anterior 3 mm of the supraspinatus tendon (the 'cable').
Fifty (52.1%) of the tears with intact anterior 3 mm of the supraspinatus tendon showed >5mm progression of tear width at a median of 3.2 years from enrollment.
Twenty nine (67.4%) of tears with disruption of anterior 3 mm of the supraspinatus tendon showed >5mm progression of tear width at a median of 2.2 years from enrollment.
They concluded that the integrity of the anterior 3 mm of the supraspinatus had no effect on the magnitude of enlargement.
Comment: It is not surprising that degenerative cuff tears continue to degenerate. The significance of the 'anterior rotator cuff cable' remains undefined.
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