title: [Rupture of the rotator cuff].
abstract: The operative treatment of rotator cuff tears becomes more popular. New reliable diagnostic techniques improved operative procedures and as a very important fact the demanding of the patients to a normal function of the shoulder account for this development. Therefore every physician has to know exactly the reason, the clinical appearance and the course of this pathology. Beside conservative treatment, new operating techniques and the postoperative management will be shown.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Landeskrankenanstalten Salzburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Povacz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Resch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D012421:Rupture; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Die Rotatorenmanschettenruptur.