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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2007 Jun 8;16(5 Suppl):S140–S148. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.04.002

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) To objectively assess repair connectivity, four small tantalum beads were implanted into the shoulder complex at the time of tendon repair: two embedded in the humerus (HUM) at the location of the black arrows and two on the surface of the infraspinatus tendon (INF-T) visualized at the white arrows. (B) Intra-operative fluoroscopy at the time of repair shows the tendon and bone beads as well as the calibration sphere (large black circle, OD = 9.5mm), (C) Follow-up fluoroscopy at 5 days post-op, demonstrates anatomic failure of the repair and approximately 2 cm retraction of the tendon stump.