Massive Rotator Cuff Tear (RCT) treated by McLaughlin Procedure

  • Fujita Kenji (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Univ. Graduate School of Medicine) ;
  • Iwasaki Yasunobu (Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinsuma Hospital) ;
  • Sakai Yoshitada (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Univ. Graduate School of Medicine) ;
  • Sakai Hiroshige (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Univ. Graduate School of Medicine) ;
  • Nakaji Noriyoshi (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Univ. Graduate School of Medicine) ;
  • Kurosaka Masahiro (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Univ. Graduate School of Medicine) ;
  • Mizuno Kosaku (Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

1. Direct repair of massive rotator cuff tear is doable. 2. Clinical results of direct repair of massive rotator cuff tear was satisfactory. 3. Function of the deltoid is one of the most important factors to get good clinical results.

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