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SUBMITTER: Ryu RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4662338 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ryu Richard K N RK Ryu Jessica H J JH Abrams Jeffrey S JS Savoie Felix H FH
Arthroscopy techniques 20150924 5
The treatment of articular-sided partial rotator cuff tears remains a challenge to the treating orthopaedic surgeon. Treatment algorithms have included nonoperative management, debridement alone, and debridement and subacromial decompression, as well as articular-sided rotator cuff repair and completion of the tear on the bursal side followed by a traditional arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Implantation of a bio-inductive collagen scaffold on the bursal side of the rotator cuff to potentially ...[more]