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Posterior view of a stretched and scarred rotator interval of a right shoulder with posterior instability in 90° of external rotation in the lateral decubitus position. Note the stranding and spacing of the remnants of the superior glenohumeral ligament. The arrows mark the tears and the areas of scar tissue.

The same patient as seen in Fig 1 after placement of 2 oblique rotator interval plication stitches that restored both the superior glenohumeral ligament and coracohumeral ligament to normal tension. The patient is in the lateral decubitus position with the arm in 90° of external rotation. The arrows mark the reconstructed superior glenohumeral ligament and the plicated rotator interval.