ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2020
Is it necessary to tie the medial row in rotator cuff repair double-row constructs when using suture tape?
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A comparison between knotted and knotless medial row of suture bridge technique in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery: a meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Biomechanical analysis of single-row anchor, double-row anchor, and single-row knotless tape repair techniques for complete subscapularis tears.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2026Article
- Knotted Versus Knotless Suture Bridge Repair of the Proximal Rectus Femoris: A Biomechanical Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Biomechanical evaluation of patch augmentation in a rotator cuff repair model using a porcine flexor digitorum profundus tendon: influence of knot tying and time-zero stability.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2025Article
- Arthroscopic Trianchor With 6 Sets of Double-Pulley Suture Bridge Repair of Medium-Sized Supraspinatus Tendon Tears.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- Arthroscopic 4-Anchor Double-Pulley Suture-Bridge Repair of Large Rotator Cuff Tear.Arthroscopy techniques · 2025Article
- What is the Optimal Construct to Reduce Failure in Arthroscopic Four Anchor Rotator Cuff Repair?Shoulder & elbow · 2023Article
- Knotted and knotless double row transosseous equivalent repair techniques for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair demonstrate comparable post-operative outcomes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Blended Suture-bridge Technique for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.Arthroscopy techniques · 2023Article
- Knotted Versus Knotless Medial-Row Transosseous-Equivalent Double-Row Rotator Cuff Repairs Have Similar Clinical and Functional Outcomes.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the selected biomechanical differences of a double-row
methodsIn 16 fresh-frozen human shoulders (8 matched pairs), double-row rotator cuff repairs were performed with medial-row mattress knots (MK) on one side, the other without (NK). Two DVRT (Differential Variable Reluctance Transducer) sensors were attached between the humerus and 3 mm above the repair site and were used to measure the displacement across the repair during cycling. The biomechanical parameters measured were repair displacement, stiffness, and ultimate load to failure. The supraspinatus was loaded in a similar fashion to previously described protocol using cyclic loading and load to failure testing.
resultsAll data from paired specimens were compared using paired Student
conclusionThere was no statistically significant different between knotless versus knotted medial row double row rotator cuff repair constructs using suture tape in regard to displacement across the repair site, stiffness and ultimate load to failure. Despite previous evidence suggesting inferiority of knotless medial row technique using suture constructs, this evidence may support the biomechanical equivalency of knotless medial row technique using suture tape.
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