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Anterior dislocation of the shoulder and rotator cuff rupture
R J Neviaser1, T J Neviaser, J S Neviaser
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Thirty-seven patients older than 40 years of age were seen after sustaining primary anterior dislocations of the shoulder. An associated rupture of the rotator cuff in each patient had been missed, often being mistaken for an axillary neuropathy. Eleven of these patients developed recurrent anterior instability that was due to rupture of the subscapularis and anterior capsule from the lesser tuberosity. In no patient was there a Bankart lesion. Repair of the capsule and subscapularis restored stability in all of the patients with recurrence.