TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial Commentary
T2 - Will New Technology Improve Outcomes or Are All-Suture Rotator Cuff Surgery Anchors Like a New Set of Golf Clubs? Not a Question for the Biomechanics Lab
AU - Dhawan, Aman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Arthroscopy Association of North America
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Failure of rotator cuff repairs may be attributed to biological, mechanical, or rehabilitative reasons. New all-suture anchors have several theoretical benefits that make them potentially attractive for use in rotator cuff repair. As their mechanical strength results from the anchor deploying as a button or molly bolt against the inner cortical bone, it stands to reason that decortication performed for the purposes of improved repair biology may be particularly detrimental to the initial time-zero biomechanics of all-suture anchors. It is unclear whether the statistically significant all-suture biomechanics seen with and without decortication translate clinically.
AB - Failure of rotator cuff repairs may be attributed to biological, mechanical, or rehabilitative reasons. New all-suture anchors have several theoretical benefits that make them potentially attractive for use in rotator cuff repair. As their mechanical strength results from the anchor deploying as a button or molly bolt against the inner cortical bone, it stands to reason that decortication performed for the purposes of improved repair biology may be particularly detrimental to the initial time-zero biomechanics of all-suture anchors. It is unclear whether the statistically significant all-suture biomechanics seen with and without decortication translate clinically.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.07.015
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2018.07.015
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30286878
AN - SCOPUS:85053831151
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 34
SP - 2782
EP - 2783
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 10
ER -