Rotator cuff repair with carbon filament. A preliminary report of five cases.
Carbon filament-polylactic acid (CPA) is useful in closing large and massive tears of the rotator cuff. CPA was not used to fill a large gap between the cuff edge and raw bone. In the small number of shoulders (five) repaired with CPA, the best results were obtained in first-time operations. In two patients who had total acromionectomies, the functional results were poor, as expected. CPA-assisted cuff repairs have not yet been shown to be significantly better than repairs with conventional techniques.
D000174:Acromion / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002244:Carbon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013537:Sutures
D007773:Lactates; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D019344:Lactic Acid; C033616:poly(lactide); D002244:Carbon