Arthroscopic Footprint Reconstruction of Bursal-side Delaminated Rotator Cuff Tears using the Suture-bridge Technique

  • Kim, Kyung-Cheon (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Rhee, Kwang-Jin (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Daejeon Hankook General Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Hyun-Dae (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Byun, Ki-Yong (Join Hospital) ;
  • Yang, Jae-Hoon (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Kyu (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Pil-Sung (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine)
  • Published : 2009.03.27

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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