The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results of surgery for the patients with rotator cuff tear. Sixty-two shoulders were treated in our hospital from 1980 to 1989. The surgical procedure was composed of cuff reapir (McLaughlin's method), with partical lateral acromionectomy and resection of coraco-acromial ligament.
At the first day postoperatively, the patient was placed in a plaster cast at zero position. When the power of shoulder abductor increased, the cast was removed. The assessment using the criteria from Japanese Orthopaedic Association showed the average score of 93.5 and the good results were not related to the age of the patients and the size of cuff tear.
