Rotator Cuff Tear

Part I. Basic Science

1. History of Shoulder Pain and Rotator Cuff Pathology
Stefano Gumina, Daniele Passaretti, Vittorio Candela

2. Subacromial Space and Rotator Cuff Anatomy
Stefano Gumina

3. Rotator Cuff Biomechanics
Stefano Carbone, Stefano Gumina

4. Epidemiology and Demographics of the Rotator Cuff Tear
Stefano Gumina, Daniele Passaretti, Vittorio Candela

Part II. Etiopathogenesis of the Cuff Tear

5. Histopathology of Rotator Cuff Tear
Claudio Cristofano, Carlo Rocca, Stefano Gumina

6. The Impact of Aging on Rotator Cuff Tear Size
Stefano Gumina, Stefano Carbone

7. Smoking Habit
Stefano Carbone, Stefano Gumina

8. Arterial Blood Hypertension
Stefano Gumina, Paolo Albino

9. Obesity
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela, Daniele Passaretti

10. Hypercholesterolemia
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela, Daniele Passaretti

11. Diabetes
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela, Daniele Passaretti

12. The Role of Genetics
Vittorio Candela, Stefano Gumina

13. The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Rotator Cuff Tear
Stefano Gumina, Daniele Passaretti, Vittorio Candela

14. Subacromial Impingement
Stefano Gumina

15. Acromioclavicular Joint Degeneration
Stefano Carbone, Stefano Gumina

16. Thoracic Hyperkyphosis
Stefano Gumina, Giantony Giorgio

17. Subcoracoid Impingement
Stefano Gumina

18. Other Causes: Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
Stefano Gumina, Stefano Carbone

Part III. Clinical and Instrumental Evaluation

19. Classifications of the Rotator Cuff Tears
Stefano Gumina, Mario Borroni

20. Shoulder Pain Intensity and Distribution
Stefano Gumina, Daniele Passaretti, Vittorio Candela

21. Clinical Evaluation
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela

22. Differential Diagnosis
Alessandro Rocco, Fabrizio Fattorini, Stefano Gumina

23. Instrumental Evaluation: X-Rays, MRI
Silvana Giannini, Elie Parfait Assako Ondo, Giuseppe Sabino

24. CT and CT Arthrography (CTA)
Arnaldo Conchiglia, Lorenzo Maria Gregori

25. Ultrasound Evaluation
Luca Sante, Federica Alviti, Valter Santilli

Part IV. Cuff Tear Treatment

26. Natural History
Daniele Passaretti, Vittorio Candela, Stefano Gumina

27. The Possible Role of the Transcription Factor NF-kB on Evolution of Rotator Cuff Tear and on Mechanisms of Cuff Tendon Healing
Stefano Gumina

28. Indications for Conservative Treatment
Stefano Gumina, Filippo Camerota, Claudia Celletti

29. Operating Room Setting
Paolo Albino, Stefano Gumina, Valerio Arceri

30. Anesthesiological Techniques
Fabrizio Fattorini, Alessandro Rocco

31. Treatment of the Partial Tear
Stefano Gumina, Alessandro Castagna, Mario Borroni

32. Treatment of the Reparable Postero-Superior Lesions: Single and Double-Row Repair
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela

33. Suture Bridge and Transosseous Techniques
Maristella F. Saccomanno, Chris Mellano, Anthony A. Romeo

34. Open-Surgery Technique
Stefano Gumina, Franco Postacchini

35. Treatments for Irreparable Tears
Stefano Gumina, Eugenio Savarese

36. Failure of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Stefano Gumina

37. Augmentation with Patches
Alessandro Castagna, Marco Conti, Eugenio Cesari, Raffaele Garofalo

38. Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for Primary Treatment of Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears
Stefano Gumina, Roberto Castricini, Massimo Benedetto, Nicola Orlando

39. Pectoralis Major Transfer for Isolated Subscapularis Tear
Herbert Resch, Stefano Carbone, Stefano Gumina

40. Biceps Tenodesis Augmenting Repair
Jeffrey S. Abrams

41. Subscapularis Tear: Intraoperative Evaluation and Treatment
Raffaele Garofalo, Brody F. Flanagin, Alessandro Castagna, Sumant G. Krishnan

42. Stem Cells in Rotator Cuff Healing
Pietro Randelli, Alessandra Menon, Vincenza Ragone, Davide Cucchi, Paolo Cabitza

43. PRP in Rotator Cuff Healing
Stefano Gumina

44. The Impact of Nanomedicine on Rotator Cuff Lesions: A Future Outlook
Alessio Giuliani, Iva Chianella, Stefano Gumina

45. Rehabilitation After Rotator Cuff Repair
Marco Paoloni, Andrea Bernetti, Valter Santilli, Stefano Gumina

Part V. Cuff Tear Arthropathy

46. Rotator Cuff Arthropathy. What Is It?
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela

47. Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Evolution in Design, Indications, Surgical Technique, and Associated Complications
Kamal I. Bohsali, Michael A. Wirth

48. New Concepts on the Glenoid Fixation in Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis
Stefano Gumina, Vittorio Candela

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgical Orthopedics, Conservative Orthopedics, Rehabilitation