ABSTRACT
With the advent of arthroscopic instruments and implantation devices, techniques to repair the rotator cuff arthroscopically have been further refined in the past decade. The most commonly performed technique of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair involves using a single row of implants to reattach the tendon to the rotator cuff footprint. While open repair is still the gold standard, the clinical outcomes of arthroscopic single-row repair have been comparable to open repair. Potential advantages of arthroscopic technique are smaller incisions and less injury to the deltoid origin. In this chapter, the authors describe their preferred technique for single-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
