Description
Book SynopsisThis highly illustrated text highlights latest best practice in the management of rotator cuff and associated pathologies. It includes comprehensive basic science and clinical chapters authored by some of the world's most experienced and expert shoulder surgeons. Provides a comprehensive overview of the pathophysiology of rotator cuff disease at an appropriate level for non-specialist orthopedists, sports medicine physicians and physical therapists. Offers timely, reader-friendly and practical methods for the diagnosis and treatment of rotator cuff disorders, and advice on areas of debate within the field, e.g. the use of Platelet rich plasma in tendon healing. International contributor list primarily from North America and Europe includes some of the most respected and accomplished shoulder surgeons in the world, thereby ensuring the book reflects global best practice. Chapters written to template to ensure consistency of approach and readability.
Table of ContentsChapter 1
Rotator cuff: anatomy and embryology
Chapter 2
Surgical anatomy and rotator cuff tear pattern
Chapter 3
Why does the rotator cuff fail? The pathophysiology of rotator cuff
disease
Chapter 4
Epidemiology and genetic basis of rotator cuff pathology
Chapter 5
Rotator cuff biomechanics
Chapter 6
Examination of the shoulder for rotator cuff disease
Chapter 7
Imaging of the rotator cuff
Chapter 8
Partial rotator cuff tears
Chapter 9
The overhead athlete
Chapter 10
SLAP lesions and tendinopathy of the long head of biceps
Chapter 11
Full-thickness rotator cuff tears
Chapter 12
Subscapularis tears
Chapter 13
Rotator cuff arthropathy and glenohumeral arthritis: prevention and
treatment
Chapter 14
Single-row versus double-row rotator cuff repair
Chapter 15
Growth factors and tendon healing
Chapter 16
Rotator cuff orthobiologics
Chapter 17
Augmentation of massive rotator cuff tears
Chapter 18
Platelet-rich plasma: does it help tendon healing?
Chapter 19
Outcome measures
Chapter 20
Tissue engineering: the future of rotator cuff repair surgery
