Main description:

This 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.

Contents:

Chapter 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