Autologous bridging of rotator cuff tears with a hamstring tendon patch. A cadaver feasibility study and biomechanical testing

Affiliations

• ¹ ATOS Klinik Fleetinsel Hamburg, Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Admiralitätstrasse 3-4, 20459 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, 40255 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: j-kircher@web.de.
• ² Institute of Biomechanics, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Lottestrasse 59, 22529 Hamburg, Germany.
• ³ Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Eppendorfer Landstrasse 60, 20249 Hamburg, Germany.
• ⁴ ATOS Klinik Fleetinsel Hamburg, Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Admiralitätstrasse 3-4, 20459 Hamburg, Germany.
• ⁵ Department of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529 Hamburg, Germany.