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Tendon transfers for the treatment of irreparable rotator cuff defects
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zurich, Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland.
The Orthopedic Clinics of North America
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Certain defects of the rotator cuff musculotendinous units cannot be repaired. If restoration of strength is an important treatment goal, then tendon transfers must be considered for palliation. In this article, the anatomical and physiological bases for tendon transfers are discussed, and currently known results with this form of treatment are reviewed.