title: Missed rotator cuff tears in polytraumatized patients.
abstract: If not identified early, rotator cuff tears in polytraumatized patients can become debilitating. Traumatic rotator cuff tears are often massive, and generally retract over a short period of time. If a tear is missed or becomes irreparable, the consequences are profound, and can be devastating, especially to a younger, active person. In this article, we report 2 cases of initially untreated rotator cuff tears in polytraumatized patients and briefly review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri. skaar@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Grimshaw
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Cannada
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cutuk
authors.forename: Scott G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kaar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery