Quantification of acromioplasty. Systematic review of the literature - 20/05/21
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Abstract |
Introduction |
Acromioplasty is controversial. Technically, it consists in bone resection, but there is no gold-standard technique and resection is often not quantified. The aims of the present study were 1/to assess the methodological quality of studies of acromioplasty; 2/to identify reports in which acromioplasty was quantified; and 3/to assess any correlation between clinical results and resection quantity.
Material and methods |
A systematic literature review was performed on PRISMA criteria in the PubMed, Springer and Ovid databases, including all articles in French or English referring to acromioplasty. Articles were analyzed by 2 surgeons and those with complete procedural description were selected. 1/Methodology was assessed on 3 grades according to aim of acromioplasty, intraoperative assessment of resection, and postoperative radiologic assessment. 2/Results were extracted from articles with robust methodology and quantitative data. 3/Correlations were assessed between clinical results and resection quantity.
Results |
Out of the 250 articles retrieved, 94 were selected. 1/44 of these (47%) specified the aim of the acromioplasty, 53 (56%) included an intraoperative clinical assessment criterion, and 13 (14%) included postoperative radiographic assessment. Methodologic quality was insufficient in 33 articles (35%), poor in 23 (24%) and robust in 38 (40%). 2/Seven articles (7.5%) included quantitative results. 3/Three articles assessed correlation between clinical results and resection quantity, but only 1 used reproducible radiographic assessment by critical shoulder angle (CSA); this study reported a significant positive correlation between clinical results and decreased CSA.
Conclusion |
Methodology in studies of acromioplasty was largely insufficient and resection was usually not quantified. Current data to assess the usefulness of the procedure are sparse. We advocate including a Checklist for Acromioplasty Studies in the methodology of future studies. There is at present no gold-standard for assessing and quantifying acromial resection. CSA seems contributive, but other methods might be worth developing.
Level of evidence |
IV; systematic review of level 1–4 studies.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Acromioplasty, Systematic review, Critical shoulder angle
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Vol 107 - N° 4
Article 102900- juin 2021 Retour au numéro
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