1. Case study: failure of superior capsular reconstruction using dermal allograft
- Author
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Nicholas M. Beckmann, Avneesh Chhabra, J. D. McDermott, R. K. Fullick, and Joseph Zerr
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Male ,Reoperation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Rotator Cuff Injuries ,Arthroscopy ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Joint capsule ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Rotator cuff ,Pain Measurement ,030222 orthopedics ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Rotator cuff injury ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Skin Transplantation ,030229 sport sciences ,Middle Aged ,Plastic Surgery Procedures ,Allografts ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Arthroplasty ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Orthopedic surgery ,Tears ,business ,Joint Capsule - Abstract
Superior capsular reconstruction (SCR) is a novel technique for treating irreparable rotator cuff tears in younger patients in whom a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is not the optimal treatment choice. This case study describes a middle-aged male with a recurrent, massive, irreparable rotator cuff tear treated with SCR that subsequently failed at the glenoid attachment. The patient underwent successful arthroscopic revision of the SCR. The case illustrates the MRI and arthroscopic correlations of the failed dermal allograft reconstruction, which to our knowledge has not been previously shown in the radiology literature.
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- 2017