Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff by Asheesh Bedi, Joshua Dines, Russell F. Warren, and David M. Dines J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 92(9):1894-1908 August

Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff

by Asheesh Bedi, Joshua Dines, Russell F. Warren, and David M. Dines

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 92(9):1894-1908

August 4, 2010

©2010 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Fat-suppressed coronal magnetic resonance image demonstrating a massive irreparable rotator cuff tear of the left shoulder.

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Corresponding arthroscopic photograph of a massive rotator cuff tear of the left shoulder as viewed from a lateral portal.



T1-weighted sagittal image of a massive rotator cuff tear with extensive fatty atrophy of both the supraspinatus and the infraspinatus muscle belly.



Photograph of a patient with static anterosuperior escape of the humeral head and detachment of the anterior deltoid origin.



Partial repair of a massive rotator cuff tear.



Intraoperative arthroscopic photograph of a massive L-shaped rotator cuff tear that has been repaired with multiple margin convergence sutures followed by suture anchor repair of the

tendon to the osseous footprint.



Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer technique.



Technique for subcoracoid pectoralis major transfer.



Anteroposterior radiograph of the left shoulder, demonstrating rotator cuff arthropathy.



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Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff by Asheesh Bedi, Joshua Dines, Russell F. Warren, and David M. Dines J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 92(9):1894-1908 August