subscapularis

Technique

1.  Templating

 

Xray

 

Rotator Cuff Arthropathy

 

AP in plane of scapula

- template glenoid 

- most inferior screw is in thick bone of scapular axillary border

 

AP humerus

- size and fit of diaphyseal and metaphyseal humeral components

 

CT

Subscapularis Tears

AnatomySSC Longitudinal Tear

 

Largest and most powerful rotator cuff

- arises coastal border of scapula

- superior 2/3 tendon inserts into LT

- inferior 1/3 inserts into proximal humerus

 

Action

- IR (with T major, P major, Lat Dorsi)

- part of force couplet depressing humeral head

 

Incidence