Open AccessEarly pullout of lateral row knotless anchor in rotator cuff repair
Author(s) -
Chrysi Tsiouri,
D. Mok
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of shoulder surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0973-6042
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6042.59972
Subject(s) - rotator cuff , medicine , tendon , surgery , orthodontics , footprint , geology , paleontology
Use of lateral row anchors in rotator cuff repair as a means of enhancing the strength of the repair; and improving footprint tendon contact, thus promoting healing, is becoming more popular in current arthroscopic practice. In our knowledge, failures of lateral row knotless anchors have not yet been reported. We present a case of double row rotator cuff repair using a Swivelock anchor (Arthrex) as a lateral row anchor that failed two weeks after surgery.