The assessment of surgical repair for rotator cuff rupture.

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of surgery for the patients with rotator cuff tear. Fifty-four shoulders were treated in our hospital from 1980 to 1987. The surgical procedure was composed of cuff repair (McLaughlin's method), with partial lateral acromionectomy and resection of coraco-acromial ligament. On the first postoperative day, all of the shoulder joints were fixed with plaster cast at Zero Position. Then the cast was removed when the muscle power for shoulder abduction increased. Of total 54 shoulders, twenty-five were completely relieved from shoulder pain, and the abduction in 53 shoulders was improved more than 150°. The assessment using the criteria from Japanese Orthopaedic Association showed the average score of 91.1, and the good results were not related to the age of the patients and the size of cuff tear.