Arthroscopic Superior Capsule Reconstruction Using Three-Dimensional Preoperative Planning: Technique Description

Guilherme Augusto Stirma; Paulo Santoro Belangero; Carlos Vicente Andreoli; Alberto de Castro Pochini; Nitamar Abdala; André Fukunishi Yamada; Benno Ejnisman

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2021.02.013

Arthroscopic Superior Capsule Reconstruction Using Three-Dimensional Preoperative Planning: Technique Description

Arthrosc Tech. 2021 Jun 22;10(6):e1475-e1478. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2021.02.013. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Authors

Guilherme Augusto Stirma¹, Paulo Santoro Belangero¹, Carlos Vicente Andreoli¹, Alberto de Castro Pochini¹, Nitamar Abdala¹, André Fukunishi Yamada^{1

2}, Benno Ejnisman¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Radiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

We describe a technique using a fascia lata autograft with 3-dimensional (3D) printing to reconstruct the rotator cuff. Prototyping constitutes the construction of physical prototypes with high complexity after virtual studies. Such models increase the knowledge of the characteristics and size of rotator cuff injuries, thus improving the accuracy of determining the correct size of the graft to be used in superior capsule reconstruction. We present a case of superior capsule reconstruction using 3D printing for enhancing the accuracy of fascia lata allograft size and tension determination; 3D reconstruction has never been described in the literature for rotator cuff injuries.