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. 2020 Sep 2;9(9):e1433–e1438. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2020.06.007

Table 2.

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages
 Easier, safer, and less invasive than conventional active creation of a split.
 Maintains the important “hammock” and “sling” effects to Bankart repair.
 Avoid nerves dissection, axillary nerve protection, or retraction.
 The entire procedure can be performed through the rotator interval.
Disadvantages
 Depending of suppleness, limited spread the muscle fibers of the subscapularis after maximal rotation of the arm elbow at side.
 No long-term follow-up.

LHB, long head of the biceps.