title: Posterosuperior rotator cuff repair by an independent double-row technique. Technical note and radiological and clinical results.
abstract: The present study reports an original independent double-row technique for arthroscopic posterosuperior rotator cuff repair. Clinical and ultrasound results were assessed at 6-month follow-up in a single-center series of 78 patients with a mean age of 57years. Constant score improved from 55 to 73 (P<0.05). Seven patients (9%) had re-tear: 6 tendon avulsions from the bone and 1 tear at the myotendinous junction. This repair technique provided a high rate of tendon healing on the bone, with a lower rate of complications than with traditional double-row repair techniques.
  
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier privé de Saint-Grégoire, 6, boulevard Boutière, 35768 Saint-Grégoire cedex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier privé de Saint-Grégoire, 6, boulevard Boutière, 35768 Saint-Grégoire cedex, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCoubrey
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur, hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland; Faculté de médecine, université de Genève, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland; Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologie de l'appareil moteur, hôpital de La Tour, rue J.-D.-Maillard 3, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexandre.laedermann@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lädermann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012008:Recurrence; D000070636:Rotator Cuff Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair; Clinical results; Outcome; Shoulder; Single- and double-row; Tendon non-healing or re-tear; Ultrasound evaluation