title: Arthroscopic rotator interval repair: the three-step all-inside technique.
abstract: Many clinical reports have emphasized the importance of rotator interval lesions in patients with glenohumeral instability, and many investigators have described open repair techniques, either as a supplement to other capsule reconstruction or as an isolated procedure. In this article, an original arthroscopic technique for rotator interval closure is described. This technique allows the operator to accurately manage the degree of tightening of the rotator interval, the knot tying, and the suture cutting, under direct intra-articular arthroscopic vision.
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia e Traumatologia IX, Center for Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Shoulder Surgery, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy. ettore.taverna@mbox.calcol.it
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taverna
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Battistella
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery*; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques