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The rotator cuff is constituted by the tendons of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor muscles, and it has more than one layer. Delamination represents a horizontal separation of the tendon layers in the setting of a ruptured rotator cuff. Histologically, delamination occurs between two layers of collagen fibers with a different fiber orientation [1].
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Salas, E., Arce, G., Matheus, G. (2019). Delaminated Tears of the Rotator Cuff: The Rationale and Techniques for the Double-Row Repair. In: Imhoff, A.B., Savoie, F.H. (eds) Rotator Cuff Across the Life Span. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58729-4_19
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