Tips of the trade #11. A technique for tendon and capsule separation in shoulder surgery.
Difficulty is frequently encountered in separating the rotator cuff tendons, particularly the subscapularis tendon, from the underlying and often adherent capsule. A safe and quick method of dissecting the tendon from the capsule using a Cobb elevator has proven effective without causing capsular penetration in well over 100 consecutive primary shoulder stabilizations.
O'Neill
D B
DB
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Micheli
L J
LJ
D006801:Humans; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*