title: Operations for impingement of the shoulder. Early results in 52 patients.
abstract: This is a prospective study of 52 consecutive patients with impingement syndrome of the shoulder who underwent an anterior acromioplasty according to Neer with rotator cuff repair and/or a resection of the lateral end of the clavicle added where it was indicated. There was a full-thickness tear in 14 cases. The follow-up was 11 months. The overall results were excellent-good in 40 patients and fair-poor in 12 patients. If two out of three of the following criteria were present, the patient had an increased risk for a fair or poor result: age greater than 50 years, sick leave greater than 6 months, or an associated cervical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, County Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sahlstrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*