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SUBMITTER: Omae H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4129987 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroscopy techniques 20140505 3
The double-row suture technique and the suture-bridge technique have been used for rotator cuff repair to decrease the occurrence of retears. However, when only the degenerated tendon end is sutured, the risk of retear remains. The augmentation suture technique is a new procedure that connects the intact medial tendon to the lateral greater tuberosity, and this approach may protect the initial repair site. The procedures for this technique are as follows: 2 sutures are placed through the medial ...[more]