The Rocky Mountain Shoulder & Elbow Society

INAUGURAL MEETING - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SOCIETY
JUNE 16-18, 2006

Meeting Chair - Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc - Steadman Hawkins Clinic

The inaugural meeting was held in beautiful Vail, Colorado, the weekend of June 16-18, at the Vail Cascade Resort & Spa, and allowed professionals devoted to the care of the shoulder and elbow to gather and share the latest information about the care and treatment of these disorders. The meeting was an overwhelming success with superb lectures from the faculty and outstanding attendance for the 3 day course. The first day featured educational lectures followed by a wonderful cocktail party. The second day included several debates and symposia on the most innovative new treatments and concluded with a brilliant Rocky Mountain reception for the faculty, attendees, and industry sponsors. The meeting concluded on Sunday with lectures on some of the latest topics in shoulder and elbow surgery.

Friday June 16

3-6 pm 1st Academic Session

3:00-3:10 Introduction and Welcome – Millett

3:10-5:15 Shoulder Instability – moderator - Sterett

3:10-3:20 Update on Outcomes for Shoulder Disorders – Primack

3:20-3:35 Current Concepts in Anterior Instability - Burks

3:35-3:45 Controveries with SLAP lesions – Tokish

3:45-3:55 Arthroscopic techniques for treating posterior instability – McCarty

3:55-4:05 Hyperlaxity and MDI – Diagnostic and technical issues – Hackett

4:05-4:15 Complex instabilities – bone and soft tissue deficiencies - Millett

4:15-4:30 Debate Immediate surgery is best for 1st time dislocator

Pro – Sterett 4:15 – 4:22

Con – Cohen 4:22 – 4:30

4:30-5:00 Case Discussions - Carreira

Panel – Burks, McCarty, Hackett, Jones, Tokish, A. Vidal

Case 1 – 1st time dislocator in contact athlete – ER brace, immediate surgery, return to play

Case 2- acute bony Bankart – operative management

Case 3 – recurrent instability with glenoid erosion – what to do?

5:00 - 5:10 Scientific basis of shoulder rehab – Torry

5:10-5:15 Discussion

ATHLETIC ELBOW – moderator A. Vidal

5:15-5:25 Valgus extension overload in the adult elbow – Hackett

5:25-5:35 Elbow arthroscopy pearls - Noonan

5:35-6:00 Panel discussion – Hackett, Noonan

6:00 –              WELCOME RECEPTION
                        Cocktails and hor’douvres at the
                        Vail Cascade Creek-side Deckay June 17

2nd Academic Session

7:00-7:30 Continental breakfast

7:30-9:30 ROTATOR CUFF

– Moderator - McCarty

7:30-7:45 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: The Learning Curve – Guttmann

7:45-7:55 Partial thickness tears: arthroscopic treatment – L. Vidal

7:55-8:05 Is double row better? - Burks

8:05-8:15 Subscapularis tears and hidden lesions – Hatzidakis

8:15-8:25 Massive cuff tears: what to do when all else fails? – Millett

8:25-8:35 Complications of rotator cuff surgery – Curtin

8:35-9:15 Rotator Cuff Cases and Controversies – Moderator: Burks
Panel: Noonan, Burks, L. Vidal,

Hatzidakis, Millett, Guttmann

Case Presentations - Carreira

Case 1 – partial thickness tear – debride, PASTA, complete?

Case 2 – large tear with stiffness – rehab, release, repair, refer?

Case 3 – fatty infiltration – what causes it? does it matter?

9:15-9:30 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibits

9:30 – 10:00 ELBOW INSTABILITY AND LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS – moderator - Topper

9:30-9:40 Update on elbow instability – Viola
Lateral epicondylitis – open vs. scope

9:40-9:50 Open treatment: tried and true – Bartz

9:50-10:00 Arthroscopic treatment: the future is here –Topper

10:00 – 10:20 New Techniques Spotlight –Latest techniques from my AANA Traveling Fellowship - Guttmann

10:25-11:30 AC AND CLAVICLE TRAUMA – moderator - Guttmann

10:25-10:40 AC joint – surgical techniques and avoiding complications - Ponce

10:40-10:55 Clavicle fractures – Are the indications for surgery changing? – A. Vidal

10:55-11:05 Clavicle fracture fixation with plates – Sterett

11:05-11:15 Clavicle fracture fixation with IM devices– Jones

11:15-11:30 Open discussion

11:30-1:00 INDUSTRY SESSIONS -

3rd Academic Session

7:00-7:30 Breakfast

7:30-8:30 ELBOW TRAUMA AND STIFFNESS – moderator Lawton

7:30-7:40 New techniques for elbow fractures - Viola

7:40-7:50 Total elbow for fractures – Lawton

7:50-8:00 Ulnar neuropathy – Viola

8:00-8:10 Elbow Stiffness – diagnosis and treatment – Davis

8:10-8:30 Discussion and Cases

8:30-9:00 Coffee Break and Industry Exhibits

9:00-10:30 SHOULDER DJD AND FRACTURES – moderator Hatzidakis

9:00-9:15 Shoulder DJD in the young patient – McCarty

9:15-9:25 Concept of anatomical TSR and is it necessary? - Hatzidakis

9:25-9:35 Glenoid Exposure – How to see it every time – Millett

9:35-9:45 Where does the reverse fit in? My experience – Hatzidakis

9:45-10:00 Non-prosthetic options for proximal humerus fractures – Millett

10:00-10:10 Hemiarthroplasty for fracture – is it possible to restore anatomy and function? – Cohen

10:10-10:30 Cases and panel discussion

10:30-11:30 MISCELLANEOUS SHOULDER – moderator – Ponce

10:30-10:40 Biceps – tenotomy? tenodesis? – what is the best technique? Hackett

10:40-10:50 Idiopathic adhesive capsulitis - Cohen

10:50-11:00 Suprascapular neuropathy – L. Vidal

11:00-11:15 Technique – endoscopic scapulothoracic bursectomy - Millett

11:15-11:30 Open discussion and wrap-up