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ArticleArthroscopy techniques2025

Matching Rotator Cuff Repair Construct to Tear Pattern to Achieve Anatomic Restoration and Minimize Tension Mismatch for Repairable Posterosuperior Tears.

Mustafa Saad Rashid, Georgios Mamarelis, Michele Yong Ling Ding Novak, Ian K Y Lo

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Article in Arthroscopy techniques, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Mustafa Saad RashidEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Colchester, England.
Georgios MamarelisKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
Michele Yong Ling Ding NovakSection of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Ian K Y LoSection of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotator cuff tears are all unique, with certain patterns that can categorize certain types of tears. This article focuses on exploring how tear pattern, tear mobility, and the tear reduction vector can be assessed arthroscopically to provide surgeons with a framework for using the most appropriate construct for each tear. This surgical decision-making framework aims to empower surgeons to look beyond repairing all tears with the same construct and, rather, introduce some nuance in matching the repair construct to the tear, thereby enabling better anatomic restoration and minimizing tension mismatch.

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PMCPMC12420501

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