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. 2008 Apr;16(4):415-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00167-007-0450-5. Epub 2008 Jan 12.

A new technique to improve tissue grip and contact force in arthroscopic capsulolabral repair: the MIBA stitch

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A new technique to improve tissue grip and contact force in arthroscopic capsulolabral repair: the MIBA stitch

Alessandro Castagna et al. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2008 Apr.

Abstract

The success of anatomic repair of Bankart lesion diminishes in the presence of a capsule stretching and/or attenuation is reported in a variable percentage of patients with a chronic gleno-humeral instability. We introduce a new arthroscopic stitch, the MIBA stitch, designed with a twofold aim: to improve tissue grip to reduce the risk of soft tissue tear, particularly cutting through capsular-labral tissue, to and address capsule-labral detachment and capsular attenuation using a double loaded suture anchor. This stitch is a combination of horizontal mattress stitch passing through the capsular-labral complex in a "south-to-north" direction and an overlapping single vertical suture passing through the capsule and labrum in a "east-to-west" direction. The mattress stitch is tied before the vertical stitch in order to reinforce the simple vertical stitch, improving grip and contact force between capsular-labral tissue and glenoid bone.

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