1. New Solution for Massive, Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: The Subacromial “Biodegradable Spacer” 
Eugenio Savarese, M.D., Ph.D., Rocco Romeo, M.D. 
Arthroscopy Techniques 
Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages e69-e74 (September 2012)
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2. Figure 1
InSpace treatment algorithm. (ISP, infraspinatus; SSP, supraspinatus; SUBSCAP, subscapularis.)
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3. Figure 2
Definition of medial point in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and arthroscopic probe in lateral portal.
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4. Figure 3
Definition of lateral point in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and arthroscopic probe in lateral portal.
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5. Figure 4
Lateral marker of spacer sheath (arrow) in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and spacer sheath in lateral portal.
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6. Figure 5
Assistance in spacer (balloon) deployment using probe in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and arthroscopic probe in anterior portal.
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7. Figure 6
(A) Partially exposed spacer and (B) fully exposed spacer in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and spacer in lateral portal.
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8. Figure 7
Final step of deployment and sealed spacer in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and spacer in lateral portal.
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9. Figure 8
Inflated spacer over humeral head in left shoulder with patient in beach-chair position, arthroscope in posterior portal, and spacer in lateral portal. The sealing mechanism is marked with an arrow.
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