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Arthroscopic footprint reconstruction of bursal-side delaminated rotator cuff tears using the suture-bridge technique

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy volume 17, pages 840–843 (2009)Cite this article

Abstract

For a bursal-side retracted laminated rotator cuff tear, simple repair of the retracted bursal-side rotator cuff might be insufficient because the repaired tendon could remain as an intratendinous tear of the rotator cuff. We present a repair method for intratendinous rotator cuff tears using the suture-bridge technique. We believe that this method helps to preserve the remnant rotator cuff tendon without tissue damage and restores the normal rotator cuff footprint in bursal-side delaminated rotator cuff tears.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-Dong, Jung-Gu, Daejeon, 301-721, South Korea

    Kyung-Cheon Kim, Kwang-Jin Rhee, Hyun-Dae Shin & Pil-Sung Kim

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Kim, KC., Rhee, KJ., Shin, HD. et al. Arthroscopic footprint reconstruction of bursal-side delaminated rotator cuff tears using the suture-bridge technique. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 17, 840–843 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-009-0730-3

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Keywords

  • Rotator cuff
  • Delaminated tear
  • Suture-bridge technique