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Patch Graft Augmentation in Rotator Cuff Repair

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Patch graft augmentation is used to reinforce and enhance the healing of a torn rotator cuff tendon. Patch augmentation has most often been reported for use in large and massive tears of the rotator cuff. Most systematic reviews tend to group all types of patch augmentation and assess the results as a whole. This has led to some scepticism as to the value of patches, as the poor results of xenograft patches reduce the overall improvement found in individual papers reporting the outcomes with other patches. The best reported outcomes are currently from synthetic patches.

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  1. Department of Sports Medicine, Spire Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Roger G. Hackney

  2. Reading Shoulder Unit, Berkshire Independent Hospital, Reading, UK

    Ofer Levy

  3. The Israeli Shoulder Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ofer Levy

  4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

    Ofer Levy

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  1. Department of Joint and Bone Surgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Casa di Cura Villa Valeria, Rome, Roma, Italy

    Andrea Grasso

  3. Shoulder and Upper Limb Department, St. Luke's Hospital, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

    Roman Brzóska

  4. Department of Traumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ladislav Kovačič

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Hackney, R.G., Levy, O. (2023). Patch Graft Augmentation in Rotator Cuff Repair. In: Milano, G., Grasso, A., Brzóska, R., Kovačič, L. (eds) Shoulder Arthroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66868-9_42

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