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CuffMend™ Rotator Cuff Augmentation System

In this video presentation, Dr. Peter Millett demonstrates how to use the CuffMend™ rotator cuff augmentation system with a full-thickness SpeedBridge™ repair. Dr. Millett highlights fixating the ArthroFlex graft with TissueTak™ tendon anchors and completing the repair augmentation with 3.5 mm PushLock^® anchors.

^{ArthroFLEX® is a registered trademark of LifeNet Health.}

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Proximal Humerus Fracture: Open Reduction Internal Fixation With SuturePlate™ Humeral Fracture Plating Technique

In this video presentation, Dr. Millett demonstrates an open reduction, internal fixation with SuturePlate™ Humeral Fracture Plating Technique for a proximal humerus fracture.

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Distal Clavicle Fracture Repair – Utilizing a Knotless Coracoid Fixation Device

Peter Millett, MD, MS,  demonstrates arthroscopically assisted coracoid fixation to treat lateral clavicle fractures utilizing a clavicle plate and a knotless clavicle plate button. The plate button is preassembled with a knotless TightRope®‐like suture and is designed to be used with a Dog Bone™ Button and an Arthrex® distal clavicle plate. Dr. Millett shows how the combination of a plate and knotless coracoid fixation can give the surgeon a strong, knotless, low profile repair option to treat difficult lateral clavicle fractures.

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Arthroscopic Subacute AC Joint Reconstruction Using the Dog Bone™ Button and Allograft

Peter Millett, MD, demonstrates his arthroscopic technique for a subacute AC joint reconstruction using the Dog Bone™ Button, FiberTape® and an allograft wrap around the coracoid. He utilizes a new adjustable AC guide to drill 3 mm tunnels in the clavicle and coracoid and uses a Switching Stick and Obturator to facilitate arthroscopic allograft passage around the coracoid.

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Expanded SpeedBridge™ for Massive Revision Rotator Cuff Tear Augmented with ArthroFlex® Acellular Dermal Extracellular Matrix

Peter Millett, MD, performs a live surgery on a patient with two prior failed cuff repairs. After an arthroscopic evaluation and multiple releases, he determines that the patient’s poor tendon quality requires augmentation and decides to perform an open, six-anchor SpeedBridge™ that incorporates a 2 mm thick ArthroFlex®* allograft. He highlights several pearls regarding graft sizing, suture passing and anchor placement to achieve an excellent result.

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Arthrex PowerPick™ Microfracture of a Femoral Condyle Lesion

In this surgical technique video, Peter Millett, MD, (Vail, CO) discusses the use of the PowerPick in the treatment of an articular cartilage lesion of the femoral condyle.

The PowerPick produces 1.5 mm holes rapidly and in close proximity to one another, helping to prevent damage to surrounding bone and healthy cartilage, making it the ideal tool for treating articular cartilage defects.

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Tensionable Knotless Bankart Repair Using the Knotless 1.8 mm FiberTak® Implant System

Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc, (Vail, CO) performs a cadaveric demonstration of a knotless Bankart repair using Knotless 1.8 FiberTak® suture anchors. Dr. Millett demonstrates how to use the unique adjustability of this knotless suture anchor to achieve an anatomically tensioned soft-tissue glenohumeral repair.

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Strength and Reliability of the SpeedBridge™ Repair – Case Presentation

Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc, (Vail, CO) describes his 5‐year results using knotless SwiveLock® suture anchors combined with FiberTape® suture for double‐row SpeedBridge™ rotator cuff repairs. Dr. Millett also shares 2 clinical cases highlighting the resilience of the SpeedBridge repair after his patients experienced significant postoperative shoulder trauma.

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SLAP Repair with Knotless SutureTak® Anchors

Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc, demonstrates the surgical technique for a SLAP repair using the knotless SutureTak^® anchor.

Dr. Millett describes where to place the ports both anteriorly and posteriorly. It is important during this step to not capture the biceps tendon.

He then explains the process for placing the SutureTak® Anchors and which anchor to pull through the port.

He will use a guide to thread the fiber-wire through the labrum and pull through and out the port. Dr. Millett then demonstrates how to keep the anchor threads from tangling. He shows how to make sure an adequate amount of suture is obtained and secured.

Before final tensioning, he will use the tension cutter device to both tension the threads and then cut them appropriately.

The process is repeated with the anterior anchor.

Final amounts of tension are applied, and the cutter is used when completed.

The shoulder labrum is now secured anteriorly and posteriorly without over-tensioning the biceps.

The knotless repair is particularly important to avoid friction in the overhead throwing athlete.

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SuturePlate™ Proximal Humeral Fracture Repair

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Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis

In this video presentation, Dr. Millett demonstrates a subpectoral biceps tenodesis.

Dr. Millett shows how to mark the incision and where to cut to find the facia and cut through, then locate the short head of the biceps. The assistant will retract the pectoralis major while Dr. Millett locates and retracts the tendon. 2cm up from the muscle/tendon junction, use a whipstitch. Next, open the bicipial groove and take off the soft tissues. Visualize the bone, then use an 8mm tenodesis driver with sofit tissue sleeve. Drill a hole, perpendicular to the bone. Secure the suture thread tendon through the created hole. Advance the screw, then feel that the scres is secure. Finally, tie the sutures over the top so that the tendon is fixed in the bicepital groove.

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In this video, Dr. Stephanie Pearce discusses the steps that should be taken for young athletes to return to sport in the time of COVID.

Dr. Pearce discusses the following:

• COVID-19 is an everchanging situation with may different possible health anomalies to be aware of.
• A safe and healthy return to sport is important.
• COVID and Sports
• CDC’s Risk Assessment in Sports
• What to do if an athlete gets COVID
• COVID and the athlete’s heart
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
  • How is it diagnosed?
  • How is it Treated?
  • NCAA on Return to Sport

The steps for returning to sport are as follows:

• Step 1: Daily Symptoms Form
• Step 2: Exercise Guidance
• Step 3: Medical Clearance
• Step 4: COVID 19 – Graduated Return to Play

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In this video presentation Dr. Millett demonstrates arthroscopic pearls using the knotless FiberTak® suture anchor for labral repair. The are two cannulas used in this repair, a 5 mm cannula superiorly just below the biceps tendon and an 8.25 mm canula just above the subscapularis. For placement of the first anchor, a 15 degree curved guide was used to get down low on the glenoid face and a flexible drill was utilized to create a drill hole. A 1.8mm knotless FiberTak anchor was started by hand and then tapped into place in the drill hole. A 25 degree tight left lasso was placed around the labrum and a shuttling wire allowed the repair suture to be shuttled out the 8.25 mm cannula. The repair suture is then placed through the looped end of the shuttling suture and folded onto itself before being pulled through the anchor. An arthroscopic grasper is then used to pull up on the tissue to facilitate shift of the tissue from inferior to superior prior to tensioning and securing the tissue in place. The repair suture is then cut right at the cartilage to decrease the risk of tangling with the placement of additional anchors. This process was repeated from inferior to superior until all anchors were placed and sufficient repair was achieved. Labral repair was performed in this case with four suture anchors placed in the anterior glenoid at approximately the 7 o’clock, 8 o’clock, 9:30​, and 10:30 positions for this left shoulder demonstration.

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