Results: At a mean follow-up of 6 months. All the patients were satisfied with the procedure. Although we do not have enough patients to make statistical difference, there was an improvement in the constant shoulder score, VAS and ASES scores, also there is an improved articular range in forward flexion, internal rotation, and external rotation. All the patients had full incorporation of the graft into the native tissue as documented in postoperative resonance imaging.

Conclusion: Our study supports Bio-inductive Collagen Implant as a viable solution for surgical salvage in select cases of MTJ rotator cuff pathology. This treatment option may provide patients with decreased pain and increased function as an associated gesture on arthroscopic repair of MTJ rotator cuff tears.

Level of Evidence: Level IV, therapeutic case series.

Keywords: Shoulder; Myotendinous Junction Tears; Rotator Cuff; Regeneten; Bio-Inductive Collagen Implant; Shoulder Arthroscopy

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Citation: Oleksiy Yatseta Yatseta and Pedro Vicente Fuentes Escobar. “All-Inside Bioinductive Collagen Implant Augmentation for the Repair of Myotendinous Rotator Cuff Tears: Surgical Technique and Report of Preliminary Results". Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 5.11 (2022): 96-101.

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