Arthroscopy Techniques (Mar 2024)

A Knotless Single-Row Suture Bridge Technique to Repair a Partial Articular Suproaspinatus Tendon Avulsion-Type Rotator Cuff Tear: Surgical Technique

  • Laurens J.H. Allaart, M.D.,
  • Tilman Hees, M.D.,
  • Thibault Lafosse, M.D.,
  • Geert Alexander Buijze, M.D., Ph.D.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
p. 102891

Abstract

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With improving surgical and technological solutions for repairing rotator cuff tears, there has been increased interest in treatment of partial rotator cuff tears. The most prevalent type of partial tear is the PASTA (partial articular supraspinatus tendon avulsion) lesion. There is an ongoing debate on the best surgical technique to repair a PASTA lesion, which has led to the development of many different arthroscopic techniques. This Technical Note provides a cost-effective and reproducible technique of a transtendinous single-row bridge repair of PASTA lesions, using two 1.8 FiberTak Knotless Soft Anchors.