Rotator cable
Ligamentum semicirculare humeri
Definition
The rotator cable (rotator cuff cable) is a relatively new recent topic of interest in current shoulder literature.
The rotator cable is described as thick fibrous bundle that carries the applied forces to the rotator cuff like a suspension bridge around 12 mm length, located approximately 13 mm from the rotator cuff humeral bony insertion and in MRI, described asa linear band of T2/PD hyposignal signal intensity under the surface of the tendons of supraspinatus and infraspinatus.
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Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS