Margin Convergence - successful rotator cuff repair 2 years after traumatic injury

This case illustrates that margin convergence can provide enough length for repair of large chronic traumatic retracted rotator cuff tears. In this scenario two tendons were involved in the tear, the supraspinatus and infraspinatus, the tear was 2 years old. As seen on the MRI there was Grade 2 fatty infiltration of the infraspinatus. The torn rotator cuff was reattached with an anchor to the footprint of the rotator cuff using the sutures limbs that were placed through the cuff for the margin convergence.