El Agroudy, E., Hadhod, M., El Hefnawy, M., Abdullah, M. (2025). Evaluation of MRI Fat Signal of Rotator Cuff Tears Before and After Repair. test, 60(1), 15-20. doi: 10.21608/EOJ.2025.419268
Emad E. El Agroudy; Mahmoud M. Hadhod; Mahmoud B. A. R. El Hefnawy; Mohamed S. Abdullah. "Evaluation of MRI Fat Signal of Rotator Cuff Tears Before and After Repair". test, 60, 1, 2025, 15-20. doi: 10.21608/EOJ.2025.419268
El Agroudy, E., Hadhod, M., El Hefnawy, M., Abdullah, M. (2025). 'Evaluation of MRI Fat Signal of Rotator Cuff Tears Before and After Repair', test, 60(1), pp. 15-20. doi: 10.21608/EOJ.2025.419268
El Agroudy, E., Hadhod, M., El Hefnawy, M., Abdullah, M. Evaluation of MRI Fat Signal of Rotator Cuff Tears Before and After Repair. test, 2025; 60(1): 15-20. doi: 10.21608/EOJ.2025.419268

Evaluation of MRI Fat Signal of Rotator Cuff Tears Before and After Repair

The Egyptian Orthopaedic Journal
Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 15-20    PDF (518.97 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/EOJ.2025.419268
Authors
Emad E. El Agroudy1; Mahmoud M. Hadhod1; Mahmoud B. A. R. El Hefnawy* 2; Mohamed S. Abdullah3
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, Menoufia, Egypt.
2Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, Menoufia, Egypt.
3Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin Elkom, Menoufia, Egypt.
Abstract
Objective
This work was to evaluate the MRI fat signal of rotator cuff tears before and after repair.
Background
Following rotator cuff tearing, fatty degeneration, a degenerative disorder of the tendon-muscle unit of the rotator cuff muscles occurs. It is characterized by fatty deposition within and around the muscles as well as atrophy of the muscle fibers. It is commonly linked to a decline in the rotator cuff tendons’ capacity for regeneration brought on by aging.
Subjects and Methods
A prospective cohort study included 20 patients diagnosed with rotator cuff injury on MRI and was followed-up for 3 months, during a period time from July 2020 to February 2023.
Results
According to Goutilier classification there were grade 0, 1, 2 and 3. In preoperative they were 25, 45, 25 and 5%, respectively, where as in postoperative were 20, 35, 30, and 15%, respectively. A significant differences According to the improvement of goutilier classification worsen in (30.0%) of patient and same in (70.0%) of patients with mean (0.30±0.47).
Conclusions
According to improvement of goutilier classification we found no fatty infiltration progression in 70% of cases while 30% was Worsen.
Keywords
Fatty infiltration; Goutallier classification; Rotator cuff injury
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