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Arthroscopic-Assisted Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer

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Rotator Cuff Across the Life Span

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The treatment of massive irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears is especially difficult in relatively young population; in the absence of advanced glenohumeral arthritis, surgeons must be reluctant to offer the reverse shoulder replacement solution because of durability issues. Rotator cuff tears are considered irreparable when two or more tendons are involved and the retraction is up to the glenoid level and/or has fatty infiltration of more than 50% (Goutallier grade 3 or 4) [1, 2]; proximal migration of the humeral head is also considered a criteria for irreparability [3, 4].

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  1. Upper Extremity Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital General de Villalba, Madrid, Spain

    Gía Rodríguez-Vaquero

  2. Upper Extremity and Sports Medicine Division, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital General de Villalba, Madrid, Spain

    Gonzalo Samitier

  3. Shoulder and Elbow Reconstrutive Surgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Emilio Calvo

  4. Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

    Emilio Calvo

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Rodríguez-Vaquero, G., Samitier, G., Calvo, E. (2019). Arthroscopic-Assisted Lower Trapezius Tendon Transfer. 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_42

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