Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical and imaging results of preoperative virtual reality simulation assisted arthroscopic ac- romioplasty (VRSAA) versus conventional arthroscopic acromioplasty (CAA) . [Methods] From March 2019 to March 2020, 67 patients with subacromial impingement were enrolled in this study, and were randomly divided into two groups. Of them, 33 patients were given the VR- SAA, while the other 34 received CAA. The clinical and imaging consequences were compared between the two groups. [Results] All pa- tients had operations finished successfully with no significant difference in the operative time between the two groups (P<0.05) , however, the VRSAA group had significantly larger osteophyte in length resected than the CAA group (P<0.05) . As time went in the follow-up period last- ed for (6.83±1.59) months on an average, the UCLA score and Constant-Murley score increased significantly in both groups (P<0.05) , which in the VRSAA group were significantly better than CAA group at 1 and 3 months postoperatively (P<0.05) . Regarding to imaging evaluation, the acromial slope angle (ASA) and acromial curvature height (ACH) significantly decreased (P<0.05) , whereas the acromiohumeral intervals distance (AHD) significantly increased postoperatively in both groups compared with those preoperatively (P<0.05) . The VRSAA had signifi- cantly lower ASA than that in the CAA group (P<0.05) , despite of the fact that no significant differences were noticed in ACH and AHD be- tween the two groups postoperatively (P<0.05) . [Conclusion] This preoperative virtual reality simulation assisted arthroscopic acromioplas- ty does help determine the intraoperative resection range, and is conducive to postoperative shoulder function recovery.