Long-term results of revision rotator cuff repair for failed cuff repair: a minimum 10-year follow-up study

Revision rotator cuff repair provides significant pain-relief and improvement in functional scores at long-term follow-up. The mild progression of fatty infiltration, AHI and Hamada score suggests that despite high retear rates (39% of stage 4 and 5 in the Sugaya classification), revision repair could possibly have a protective role on the evolution towards cuff tear arthropathy.