Learn like you were there! 
Take a virtual seat at a self-learning, online course! These programs bring more topics related to your specialty area for a standard set of 4 CME credits each. This AAOS CODOrthoXpress brings you video recordings of expert faculty discussing: AAOS CODOrthoXpress: Management of Both Repairable and Irreparable Cuff Tears: From Physical Therapy to Arthroscopic Surgery to Muscle Tendon Transfer.

Watch and listen to the lecturers and their presentation slides, including patient cases, related surgical video demonstrations, and emerging technologies. Content is segmented by topic, so you can pick up where you left off or select lectures you prefer to watch - across your devices.

This Course OnDemand OrthoXpress program features sessions from distinguished faculty covering a variety of topics. See below for the course description and learning objectives:

Description:  

Rotator cuff tears are a leading cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction, arising from both traumatic injuries and degenerative processes. This AAOS advanced course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of rotator cuff pathology – ranging from partial-thickness tears to massive, irreparable tears – and the multifactorial considerations that guide treatment decisions: tear pattern, chronicity, tissue quality, patient anatomy, biologic healing potential, comorbidities, and functional demands. This course will explore evidence-based treatment strategies from nonoperative management, including physical therapy, NSAIDs, subacromial corticosteroid injections, to delving into the indications, techniques, outcomes, and limitations of the wide array of non-arthroplasty surgical options, including arthroscopic debridement, subacromial decompression, rotator cuff repair (with or without biologic augmentation and scaffolds), superior capsule reconstruction, biceps augmentation, tuberoplasty, subacromial balloon spacers, bursal acromial reconstruction, and tendon transfers. Expert faculty will highlight strategies to optimize patient outcomes and postoperative management.

Learning Objectives 
At the conclusion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Objective 1: Identify the key patient-specific factors influencing treatment selection.
• Objective 2: Assess the role of nonoperative management strategies, such as physical therapy, NSAIDs, and subacromial corticosteroid injections, in improving shoulder pain and dysfunction.
• Objective 3: Understand the indications, techniques, limitations and associated risks of the different surgical treatments.
• Objective 4: Compare and analyze patient outcomes of different rotator cuff surgical treatments.
• Objective 5: Develop evidence-based decision-making algorithms for treating massive and irreparable tears while optimizing repair durability, healing and postoperative management.
• Objective 6: Understand the indications and optimal patient selection for the utilization of muscle tendon transfers for irreparable rotator cuff tears