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. 2017 Dec 18;7(1):e39–e44. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2017.08.049

Table 1.

Pearls and Pitfalls

Pearls
  • Portal placements: use a needle to place the anterolateral and anterior portals under endoscopic control, adapting to the anatomy

  • Bicipital groove is opened laterally and distally to avoid detaching the subscapularis

  • Use a switching stick through a posterior approach to retract the subscapularis during the split

Pitfalls
  • Positioning of the drill on the anterior glenoid

  • Difficulty of the subscapularis split