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Surgical Procedure and Results of Repair of Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff

Katsuya Nobuhara, Yukihiko Hata, Masahiko Komai

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One hundred eighty-seven patients (189 shoulders) were treated surgically between 1970 and 1992 for massive rotator cuff tears using either a tendon-to-tendon repair or the McLaughlin procedure. The age of the patients ranged from 20 to 86 years; 95% of them were 45 years or older. The average followup was 6 years 9 months. Excellent or good functional results were attained in 93% of patients. Thirty-three percent of those who underwent tendon to tendon repair complained of pain after overuse compared with only 18% who had the McLaughlin Procedure.

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One hundred eighty-seven patients (189 shoulders) were treated surgically between 1970 and 1992 for massive rotator cuff tears using either a tendon-to-tendon repair or the McLaughlin procedure. The age of the patients ranged from 20 to 86 years; 95% of them were 45 years or older. The average followup was 6 years 9 months. Excellent or good functional results were attained in 93% of patients. Thirty-three percent of those who underwent tendon to tendon repair complained of pain after overuse compared with only 18% who had the McLaughlin Procedure.

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One hundred eighty-seven patients (189 shoulders) were treated surgically between 1970 and 1992 for massive rotator cuff tears using either a tendon-to-tendon repair or the McLaughlin procedure. The age of the patients ranged from 20 to 86 years; 95% of them were 45 years or older. The average followup was 6 years 9 months. Excellent or good functional results were attained in 93% of patients. Thirty-three percent of those who underwent tendon to tendon repair complained of pain after overuse compared with only 18% who had the McLaughlin Procedure.

Key concepts: Medicine, Rotator cuff, Tears, Surgery, Shoulders, Tendon, Rotator cuff injury, Orthopedic surgery

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