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Surgical management of large rotator cuff tears combined with instability in elite rugby football players
1 Orthosports Group, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Westside Private Hospital, Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Dr Goldberg, 44 Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, NSW 2030, Australia;
gberg{at}ozemail.com.au
Large rotator cuff tears are extremely uncommon in young people and when they occur they may be associated with shoulder instability. This paper reports on a series of six elite rugby union and rugby league footballers who presented with shoulder instability and large rotator cuff tears. They were treated with a two stage procedure: an open rotator cuff repair followed by an open shoulder stabilisation some 10 weeks later. All had successful outcomes. The paper also highlights the risk of tearing the rotator cuff when a patient continues to play contact sport with an untreated unstable shoulder.
Keywords: shoulder; rotator cuff tear; rugby
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2 Sutherland Shire Sports Medicine, 426 Kingsway, Caringbah, NSW 2229, Australia: soarmrda{at}soar.com.au
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