Contents DIAGNOSTIC SHOULDER Diagnostic shoulder arthroscopy : positioning & portals Maki Normal findings in shoulder arthroscopy Chuinard, Coste, Trojani, Boileau Arthrosopic knot Tying : tips and tricks Kempf, Clavert INSTABILITY I Evaluation of labral and capsular pathology in shoulder instability Castagna, Conti, Borroni, Naula The principles of arthroscopic instability repair. Surgical techniques and skills required for arthroscopic instability repair Esch Anterior shoulder instability - Arthroscopic stabilization with suture Anchors : results & pitfalls Ho-Kim Anterior instability should be managed arthroscopically! Jeffrey Anterior instability should be managed open Walch, Edwards, Szabo Arthroscopic stabilization of the shoulder : tips and tricks Boileau, Chuinard, Bicknell INSTABILITY II Long-term results after arthroscopic bankart repair. A clinical and radiographic study with a seven to ten year follow-up Resch, Kartus, Matis, Forstner, Ejerhed The instability severity index score (ISIS score). A rational approach for patient selection in arthroscopic bankart repair Balg, Boileau Evaluation of bone loss in anterior instability : a new method using MRI imaging Willems, Jaspars, Bonneux, Huysmans, Vanderwoude, Van Dis Hill-Sachs Remplissage: an arthroscopic surgical solution for the engaging Hill-Sachs Lesion Wolf Arthroscopic shoulder stabilization with a bone block : surgical technique and preliminary results Taverna, De Ponti, Sansone, Battistella, Baudi, Gervasi, Righi, Colleti, Paribelli Open revision of failed instability repairs Gerber, Pennington Arthroscopic revision of failed open anterior stabilization of the shoulder Boileau, Richou, Lisai, Balestro, Bicknell, Jacquot SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION - MDI - AC JOINT Full-thickness tears : is subacromial decompression enough? Gosselin, Molé Multi-directionnal instability : what is it? What to do? Ho-Kim Arthroscopic reconstruction of the coracoclavicular ligaments for acromioclavicular joint separations Wolf, Fragomen PARTIAL ROTATOR CUFF TEARS Partial thickness rotator cuff tears : the different approaches Kempf, Clavert Deep Partial cuff tears : the trans-tendon repair. How do you like your pasta? Castagna, Conti, Garofalo, Dellerose Degenerative deep partial supraspinatus tears heal after arthroscopic excision-reinsertion of the tendon Boileau, Pellegri, Neyton, Chuinard, Coste Treatments of partial thicness rotator cuff tears Yamaguchi FRACTURES & SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY The risk of necrosis following proximal humeral fracture part 1 : predictors of humeral head ischemia following intracapsular fracture of the proximal humerus Hertel, Hempfing, Stiehler, Leunig part 2 : the process of revascularisation and/or of demarcation Bastian, Hertel Osteosynthesis of proximal humerus fractures Resch, Hübner, Rogner Proximal Humerus Fractures : pinning, plating or nailing Hatzidakis Arthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures Dines, Warren Shoulder Arthroplasty for fracture : Restoration of the "Gothic Arch" Sumant, Krishnan, Scott, Pennington, Wayne, Burkhead, Boileau ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR I Natural history of rotator cuff tears : When should we operate? Yamaguchi How do cuff tears heal? Esch Rotator cuff fixation and repair : looking for the weak link Pedowitz Arthroscopic cuff repair. The benefits of surgery. Predictive healing factors Trojani, Brassart, Baring, Chuinardd, Boileau Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair : 4 to 10 year results Wolf, William, Agrawal Arthroscopic repair of rotator cuff tears : surgical principles Lafosse Suture, anchors, restoration of cuff footprint : does it matter? Flurin, Landreau, Gregoory, Guillo, Graveleau ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR II Large to massive cuff tears should be managed arthroscopically! Abrams Open treatment for massive rotator cuff repair Bigliani Arthtroscopic repair of subscapularis tears Lafosse Tears of the subscapularis Walch, Szabo, Edwards Rotator cuff muscle changes following rotator cuff tears and their repair Meyer, Gerber Modified latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer for external rotation deficit of the shoulder : as an isolated procedure or with a reverse arthroplasty Boileau, Chuinard, Trojani