Program

Rotator cuff repair – practical approach and technical skills 
Astuces techniques et pratique de la reconstruction de la coiffe des rotateurs
Welcome
8h30 – 8h35

Radiology
8h35 Partial and full thickness ruptures | 15 | M.Zanetti

Supraspinatus tears
​8h50 Toussaint / Cunningham
  • When and how to do a PASTA-repair | Re-Live |  8+4 |  A. Schneeberger
  • When and how to repair a bursal /intrasubstance tear | Re-Live | 8+4 | A. Godenèche
  • How to do transosseous supraspinatus repair | Re-Live | 8+4 | E. Buess
  • Same radiographic image of cuff tear but different function – why? | Overview | 12 | M. Flury
Interactive case discussion with panel | 1-2 Cases | 12

Coffee break
10h00 – 10h15
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Key lecture
10h15  Rotator cuff pathology  - from past to future | Key lecture | 15 | C.Gerber

Subscapularis and Supraspinatus repair
10h35  Gerber / Spormann
  • Classsification and stategy for SSC – tears | Overview |12 | J. Barth
  • When and how do I repair SSC out of the box | Re-Live | 8+4 | B. Toussaint
  • When and how do I repair SSC in the box | Re-Live |  8+4 | Ph. Moroder
Interactive case discussion with panel | 1-2 Cases | 12

Repair of massive rotator cuff tears
11h45 Freislederer / Cunningham
  • Antero-superior cuff tears – technical skills | Re-Live | 8+4 | A. Godenèche
  • My way for acute massive cuff tears with pseudoparalysis | Re-Live | 8+4 | B. Jost
  • Pearls and skills to repair chronic retracted massive tears | Re-Live | 8+4 | A. Laedermann
  • Suprascapular nerve decompression – technical skills | Re-Live | 8+4 | J.Leuzinger
Interactive case discussion with panel | 2 Cases | 12

Lunch
13h00 – 13h45

Cuff tears with humeral / glenoid bone lesions
13h45 Buess / Schneeberger
  • Tendon and greater tuberosity detachment – open repair | Re-Live | 8+4 | F. Moro
  • Tendon and greater tuberosity detachment – arthroscopic repair | Re-Live | 8+4 | K. Wieser
  • Extensive cuff tear with glenoid fracture – why I did it open | Re-Live | 8+4 | Ph. Moroder
  • Extensive cuff tear with glenoid fracture – arthroscopic / open | Re-Live | 8+4 | C. Spormann
Interactive case discussion with panel | 1-2 | Cases 12  
 
My approach to Re - Ruptures
14h45  Toussaint /  Jost
  • Supero-posterior – with bursal augmentation | Re-Live| 8+4 | F. Freislederer
  • Supero-posterior – with patch augmentation | Re-Live | 8+4 | J. Leuzinger
  • Medial cuff failure – pearls and skills | Re-Live | 8+4 | E. Buess
Interactive case discussion with panel | 1-2 | Cases 12

Coffee break 
16h00 – 16h15
 
Irreparable massive cuff tears
16h15  Schneeberger / Godenèche
  • Indications and limitations for tendon transfers | Overview | 12 | B. Jost
  • Latissimus dorsi transfer – technical skills | Re-Live | 8+4 | K. Wieser
  • Superior capsular reconstruction | Re-Live | 8+4 | M. Flury
  • Biceps tendon for irreparable massive tears | Re-Live | 8+4 | J. Barth  

Closing remarks
17h30  Schneeberger / Spormann