title: Rotator cuff tears in anterior dislocation of the shoulder.
abstract: We diagnosed 16 rotator cuff tears in 109 shoulders in 104 patients with a traumatic anterior dislocation. Twelve of these were followed up for an average of 32 months. A surgical repair of the cuff was carried out in eleven and the results were satisfactory in eight (73%) regardless of a Bankart lesion. The repair of a torn cuff seems to be sufficient to stabilise the shoulder in elderly patients, even when a Bankart lesion is present and is not repaired.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012421:Rupture; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery