Table 1.

Pearls and Pitfalls for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Using Minced Autologous Subacromial Bursa

Pearls	Pitfalls
To deliver bursal tissue, directly inject bursal tissue from a 3-cc syringe into lateral portal without the aid of a needle.	Use of a needle on the end of the syringe can lead to clogging and difficulty with reimplantation of bursal tissue.
To improve visualization, place free spinal needle into subacromial space before suctioning water out of shoulder to help create an air pocket.	Without an air pocket, visualization of the rotator cuff may be difficult, leading to suboptimal placement of bursal tissue.
To avoid filter clogging, incremental removal of bursal tissue from bursal collection device may be beneficial.	Bursal-collection device can get clogged.