Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgery

From the reviews: "This concise text provides a practical approach to the techniques of arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery. ... The target audience includes any and all orthopedic surgeons who perform rotator cuff surgeries. ... It will serve ... as a valuable tool to assist in the transition and to optimize the skills of those surgeons already dabbling in arthroscopic techniques. It should be part of the orthopedic educational library for residents, fellows, and shoulder surgeons." (Mark R. Hutchinson, Doody's Review Service, February, 2008)

• Surgical Indications and Repairability of Rotator Cuff Tears.- Making the Transition from Mini-Open to All-Arthroscopic Repair.- Patient Positioning, Anesthesia Choices, and Portals.- Suture Anchor Options.- Suture Management and Passage.- Arthroscopic Knot Tying.- 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.- Partial Articular-Sided Tendon Avulsion 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 Mini-Open 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.