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- Title
The clinical and structural long-term results of open repair of massive tears of the rotator cuff.
- Authors
Zumstein, Matthias A; Jost, Bernhard; Hempel, Julia; Hodler, Juerg; Gerber, Christian
- Abstract
At a mean follow-up of 3.1 years, twenty-seven consecutive repairs of massive rotator cuff tears yielded good and excellent clinical results despite a retear rate of 37%. Patients with a retear had improvement over the preoperative state, but those with a structurally intact repair had a substantially better result. The purpose of this study was to reassess the same patients to determine the long-term functional and structural results.
- Publication
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2008, Vol 90, Issue 11, p2423
- ISSN
1535-1386
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2106/JBJS.G.00677