Schema of modified Debyere-Patte (DP) technique. (A) Preoperative cross-sectional view. (B1) Intra-operative posterior view of the right shoulder; (B2) Intra-operative cross-sectional view. Red dotted line: SSP and ISP, while maintaining continuity with the rhomboid fascia, were detached from the medial edge of scapular and advanced laterally. Blue line: skin incision. Yellow arrow: pulling direction of torn tendons with the rhomboids. Abbreviations: SSP: supraspinatus muscle, ISP: infraspinatus muscle. (Modified illustration of Morihara et al. [13]).