Arthroscopic transhumeral rotator cuff repair: Giant needle technique

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 218-223

  Fleega, Basim A ^a,b  

^a Godesberger Orthoped Chir Klin   (Germany)

^b c/o Andrea Lippe ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Giant needle technique; Repair; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELTOID MUSCLE; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GIANT NEEDLE TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STANDARD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036488181     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.30661     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Neer CS II. Anterior acromioplasty for the chronic impingement syndrome in the shoulder: A preliminary report. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1972;54:41-50.
2. McLaughlin HL. Lesions of musculotendinous cuff of the shoulder. I. The exposure and treatment of tears with retraction. J Bone Joint Surg 1944;26:31-49.
3. Neer CS II. Impingement lesions. Clin Orthop 1983;173:70.
4. Stuart MJ, Azevedo AJ, Cofield RH. Anterior acromioplasty for treatment of the shoulder impingement syndrome. Clin Orthop 1990;260:195-200.
5. Ellman H. Diagnosis and treatment of incomplete rotator cuff tears. Clin Orthop 1990;254:64-74.
6. Fleega B. Late results of reconstruction of large and massive rotator cuff tears. A 10 year follow-up. Presented at the 10th Open Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, 1994.
7. Neer CS. Reoperations of failed cuff repairs. Presented at the Closed Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, October 1987.
8. Adamson GJ, Tibone JE. Ten-year assessment of primary rotator cuff repairs. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 1993;2:57-63.
9. Post MN, Silver R, Manmohan S. Rotator cuff tear: Diagnosis and treatment. Clin Orthop Rel Res 1983;173:78-91.
10. Gachter A, Sellig W. Arthroscopy of the shoulder joint. Arthroscopy 1992;8:89-97.
11. Paulos LE, France EP, Hamer CD, Straight CB. Biomechanical evaluation of rotator cuff fixation methods. Presented at 34th Annual Meeting of the Orthopedic Research Society, Atlanta, GA, 1988.
12. Fleega BA, Sokkar SH. The giant knot: A new one-way self-locking secured arthroscopic slip knot. Arthroscopy 1999;15:451-452.