Main description:

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases presenting injuries to and management of the rotator cuff, this concise, practical casebook will provide orthopedic surgeons with the best real-world strategies to properly manage the various kinds of cuff injury they may encounter. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome, literature review and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included illustrate different management strategies for rotator cuff surgery, including arthroscopic repair for tendonitis and tears, open and mini-open repair for severe tears, latissimus dorsi and pectoralis tendon transfer, arthroscopic debridement, hemiarthroplasty and total reverse arthroplasty, biological augmentation, and revision repair after retear and infection.
Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Rotator Cuff Injuries: A Clinical Casebook is an excellent resource for orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists confronted with both common and complex injuries to the rotator cuff.

Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Arthroscopic Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tendonitis including Treatment of Acomioclavicular joint Osteoarthritis and Os Acromiale
Chapter 2: Arthroscopic Management of Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendonitis
Chapter 3: Arthroscopic repair of partial thickness articular sided rotator cuff tendon tears
Chapter 4: Arthroscopic repair of full thickness small-to-moderate rotator cuff tears
Chapter 5: Open Rotator Cuff Repair
Chapter 6: Arthroscopic repair of subscapularis tendon tears
Chapter 7: Arthroscopic Treatment of Combined Shoulder Instability and Rotator Cuff Tear
Chapter 8: Arthroscopic repair of severe rotator cuff tears
Chapter 9: Arthroscopic Debridement for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Chapter 10: Open Repair of Severe Rotator Cuff Tears
Chapter 11: Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for Severe Rotator Cuff Tears
Chapter 12: Pectoralis Major Transfer
Chapter 13: Hemiarthroplasty for Cuff Arthropathy
Chapter 14: Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Cuff Arthropathy
Chapter 15: Adding a latissimus dorsi tendon transfer to reverse shoulder arthroplasty
Chapter 16: Adding a bone graft to reverse TSA
Chapter 17: Rotator Cuff Repair with Patch Tissue
Chapter 18: Use of PRP in Rotator Cuff repair
Chapter 19: Partial rotator cuff repair for massive rotator cuff repair
Chapter 20: Suprascapular Nerve Release with Rotator Cuff Tears
Chapter 21: Re-do Rotator Cuff Repair
Chapter 22: Nonoperative Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears