Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1409-1421 , October 2011

Techniques for Managing Poor Quality Tissue and Bone During Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

  • Patrick J. Denard, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Stephen S. Burkhart, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Stephen S. Burkhart, M.D., 150 E Sonterra Blvd, Suite 300, San Antonio, TX 78259, U.S.A.

Received 17 March 2011 ,Accepted 26 May 2011.

Title About Type File Size
Video 1

Rotator cuff repair with anchor-based rip-stop suture tape, part 1: assessment of tear pattern and placement of rip-stop suture.

 Video 36 MB
Video 2

Rotator cuff repair with anchor-based rip-stop suture tape, part 2: placement of simple sutures that pass medial to rip-stop suture, as well as technique for securing rip-stop suture tape.

 Video 38 MB
Video 3

Rotator cuff repair with anchor-based rip-stop suture tape, part 3: knot tying and final repair.

 Video 31 MB
Supplementary data Other 0 MB

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 S.S.B. receives inventor's royalties from and is a paid consultant for Arthrex, Naples, FL. The other author reports no conflict of interest.

 

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PII: S0749-8063(11)00527-5

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.05.015

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 10 , Pages 1409-1421 , October 2011

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