Dermal Allograft Augmentation of Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears

Exclusion Criteria

• •The Subject is unable or unwilling to sign the patient informed consent, approved by the Institutional Review Board.
• •The subject objects to the use of allograft
• •Stage I or lower fatty infiltration of the supraspinatus AND infraspinatus muscle
• •Complete full-thickness subscapularis tears of greater than the superior one third of the tendon (Lafosse grade 3 and above)
• •Less than 2 mm joint space of the glenohumeral joint on either an anteroposterior or axillary radiograph
• •Recurrent shoulder instability
• •Corticosteroid injection in the operative shoulder within one month of surgery
• •Revision rotator cuff repair
• •Subject preoperative MRI obtained more than 12 months prior to surgery
• •Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study period
• •Workman's compensation case
• •Subject has conditions or circumstances that would interfere with study requirements.
• •Partial rotator cuff repairs
• •Lafosse grade 3 or higher subscapularis tears