title: Surgical treatment for large and massive tears of the rotator cuff.
abstract: Patients with a large or massive tear of the rotator cuff were, when possible, treated with the McLaughlin procedure. A patch graft was used when it was impossible to perform this procedure. The patch group (group P) consisted of nine patients with nine shoulders (six men, three women) with a mean age of 62.8+/-6.9 years. The McLaughlin group (group M) consisted of 12 patients with 12 shoulders (ten men, two women) with a mean age of 52.3+/-8.6 years. Mean follow-up was 2 years 11 months in group P and 4 years 2 months in group M. Using the shoulder scoring system of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA score), the total score improved post-operatively in both groups. In group P, the post-operative score was 91.7 (pre-operative score 47.9) and in group M 92.0 (pre-operative score 54.2). Tears recurred in three shoulders within 2 months of the McLaughlin procedure, and these patients were excluded from the study. The rate of 're-tearing' was lower with a patch graft (0/13) than with the McLaughlin procedure (3/17).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, 56 Okazawa-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-0062, Japan. jun-21@ca2.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morioka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery*; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome