Table 1: Indications, contraindications and complications of latissimus dorsi tendon transfer.

Indications	Contraindications	Complications
Patients     • Young age, active individuals     • Older patients with increased functional     • demands, bodily active Clinical     • Severe functional disability due to     • Weakness and loss of motion     • Severe pain caused by a massive     • Irreparable cuff tear Compliance     • Patients that will comply with long •rehabilitation Imaging and intraoperative     • Fatty infiltration – retraction     • Not amenable to repair	Absolute	• Postoperative hematoma • Infection • Late / secondary tendon rupture • Anchor pull out • Nerve palsies
	• Advanced age • Comorbidities (infection etc) • Severe joint degeneration (Hamada ≥ stage 2, Samilson ≥ stage 1) • Compromised Coracoacromial arch • Anterosuperior subluxation • Subscapularis deficiency – atrophy – fatty degeneration • Deltoid deficiency – detachment • Nerve injuries • Inability to comply with long rehabilitation
	Relative
	• Subscapularis partial tears • Advanced fatty degeneration of the teres minor • Acromio- humeral distance < 7 mm • Moderate joint degeneration (Hamada – Stage 1-2) • Preoperative weakness - pseudoparalysis