Anchors and Sutures

Dr Strobos designed his own anchors that is used during rotator cuff surgery. The anchors Dr Strobos designed is a 7mm anchor – compared to the standard 4 or 5mm anchors that most of the surgeon’s use. The reason for this is that Rotator cuff tears appear mostly in older patients that suffers from osteo-arthritis. Because of this the bone is more fragile and a smaller anchor is more likely to pull out of the bone than the bigger anchor Dr Strobos designed.

Secondly, the suture that is attached to the anchor is also thicker. Most of the Rotator Cuff Repair Surgeries that fail is due to the suture that tears through the muscle because the suture is too thin. The Suture Dr Strobos is using is thicker so the chance of it tearing through the muscle is far less than the standard suture. For this reason, Dr Strobos doesn’t have Rotator Cuff Repairs that fails due to anchor or suture failures.