Arthroscopic Repair of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears

Stephen Burkhart, MD, (San Antonio, TX) presents his latest thoughts and surgical pearls for dealing with difficult rotator cuff tears including using bony anatomy to determine the tear configuration, performing interval slides to mobilize the cuff and recognizing/repairing difficult subscapularis tears. He also discusses his use of dermal allografts to perform Superior Capsular Reconstruction (SCR) in patients with irreparable tears and shares some case examples.