A novel approach for achieving tendon-to-bone fixation in the presence of bony defects during rotator cuff repair surgery

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A novel approach for achieving tendon-to-bone fixation in the presence of bony defects during rotator cuff repair surgery

By Scott Humphrey 9 Videos

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May 3, 2011

A novel device and surgical technique are demonstrated. A fixable suture anchor plate and an ...
read more ↘ absorbable tissue augmentation patch are used to repair chronic, retracted, full-thickness tears of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons.

If you are an academic type with access to a biomechanics lab please let me know if you would like to conduct a cadaver study comparing this rotator-cuff-repair construct to that of others with suture anchors, bone tunnels, etc. I have completed a preliminary study, which can be found here:

https://www.orthoworld.com/site/docs/op/online/2010/mayjun/editorial_humphrey.pdf

Thanks for watching!

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