Abstract
We have been using 3 mm-thick Teflon felt for the repair of chronic massive rotator cuff tears (“Teflon Felt Cuff Plasty: TFCP”) successfully Since 1982. This paper will describe the postoperative evaluation of TFCP based on M. R. Is.. The ten shoulders of the 10 patients, who had received TFCP between 1985 and 1992, were imaged with an M. R. (GE: 1.5 T) and shoulder surface ckils.
A low or iso signal area (T1) and an inhomogeneous relatively high signal area (T2) were recognized well in lesion replaced by a TFCP. Degenerative muscular atrophies of the supra- and infraspinatus still remained, but the thickness of the replaced Teflon felt could be recognized over the humeral head.
