Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer with GraftJacket® Augmentation to Increase Tendon Length for an Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tear

Figure 1

Drawings (a) and (b) show how a LDT is typically transferred and sewn to the defect where the rotator cuff would normally insert. Drawing (c) shows how we extended the tendon with two allograft patches. The running stitches along the margins of the LDT shown in (a) were also done, but this is not shown in (c) (images (a) and (b) are reproduced from [20] with permission of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.).

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