Repair integrity and clinical outcome after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using single-row anchor fixation: A prospective study of single-tendon and two-tendon tears

Current concepts review: revision rotator cuff repair

“…Advanced patient age and 2 or more torn rotator cuff tendons correlate with RCR failure. 20,29 Failed RCR is associated with advanced muscle atrophy and fatty degeneration. 14 Double-row RCR is increasingly used to maximize rotator cuff footprint coverage, although the current literature does not support the clinical benefit of double-row RCR.…”

The Effect of Abduction and Rotation on Footprint Contact for Single-Row, Double-Row, and Modified Double-Row Rotator Cuff Repair Techniques

“…After the double-row suture anchor repair was tested, the medial aspect of the repair was released, leaving the lateral single row intact for testing ( Figure 4). Although midfootprint 27 and medial single-row repairs 37,40 have been described, this laterally based repair configuration was used to maximize footprint coverage, 9,31 minimizing bias against this repair.…”

Total cost and operating room time comparison of rotator cuff repair techniques at low, intermediate, and high volume centers: Mini-open versus all-arthroscopic

“…Recently, numerous studies have looked at the efficacy of these approaches. [1][2][3][7][8][9]12,13,[15][16][17][18]20,21 The majority of these studies indicate that with current suture anchor techniques, for single tendon supraspinatus tendon tears, similar results are obtained with either the mini-open repair or the allarthroscopic repair. 2,3,7,8,12,13,15,16,18,20,21 The mini-open surgical repair technique has the option of various repair methods from bone tunnels to implantable suture anchors, while the all-arthroscopic surgical technique requires the use of implantable suture anchor devices 14 for the rotator cuff repair.…”