Main description:

This text takes a comprehensive approach to rotator cuff disorders, including tears and arthroscopic techniques in surgical management. It addresses the latest topics, such as the conversion of mini-open repair to all arthroscopic repair, and answers key questions raised at instructional courses. Experts in the field present not only arthroscopic shoulder anatomy, cuff tear patterns, repair concepts, and other fundamentals, but also provide coverage of state-of-the-art techniques. The step-by-step approach is supplemented by a wealth of anatomical drawings and color photos.

Contents:

Surgical Indications and Repairability of Rotator Cuff Tears.- Making the Transition from Mini-Open to All-Arthroscopic Repair.- Patient Positioning, Anesthesia Choices, Portals.- Suture Anchor.- Suture Management and Passage.- Arthroscopic Knot Tying.- The Role of Arthroscopic Decompression and Partial Clavicle Resection.- Tendon-to-Tuberosity Repair: Medial Footprint Fixation.- Tendon to Tuberosity Repair: Lateral Footprint Fixation.- Tendon to Tuberosity Repair: Double Row Fixation.- PASTA Transtendon Rotator Cuff Repair.- Suture Anchor Repair of Small and Medium Supraspinatus Tears.- Arthroscopic Repair of Subscapularis Tears.- Tendon Mobilization in Large Rotator Cuff Tears.- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair with Interval Release for Contracted Rotator Cuff Tears.- When and How to Do Margin Convergence Repair versus Interval Slides.- Repair of Large Anterosuperior Cuff Tears.- Natural Extracellular Matrix Grafts for Rotator Cuff Repair.- Biceps Tenotomy: Alternative When Treating the Irreparable Cuff Tear.- Biceps Soft Tissue Tenodesis.- Biceps Tenodesis with Interference Screw.- Biceps Subpectoral Miniopen Tenodesis.- Endoscopic Release of Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment at the Suprascapular Notch.- Mechanics and Healing of Rotator Cuff Injury.- Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.- How to Avoid and Manage Complications in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair