Robotic Transfer of the Latissimus Dorsi for Irreparable Subscapularis Tear

Jose Carlos Garcia Jr

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2022.02.011

Robotic Transfer of the Latissimus Dorsi for Irreparable Subscapularis Tear

Arthrosc Tech. 2022 May 17;11(6):e1059-e1064. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2022.02.011. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Author

Jose Carlos Garcia Jr¹

Affiliation

¹ NAEON Institute, São Paulo-Brazil and Moriah Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

This Technical Note presents an endoscopic robotic anterior axillary shoulder approach using of the DaVinci (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA) robot, which allows one to endoscopically access and harvest the latissimus dorsi tendon for occasions in which the patient presents an irreparable lesion of the subscapularis tendon. Harvesting the latissimus dorsi through an anterior axillary approach is specially desirable when one needs to access the anterior portion of the shoulder, as happens for subscapularis irreparable lesions.