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Rotator Cuff Relevant Anatomy and Mechanics.

Last updated Wednesday, January 26, 2005

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Figure 1
Figure 1

The skin

Skin incisions

Rotator cuff surgery can usually be accomplished through cosmetically acceptable incisions in the lines of the skin (see figure 1). These skin lines run obliquely from superior lateral to infero medial. The usual "superior" approach to the cuff is made through such an oblique incision which runs over the anterior corner of the acromion.

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