Credits: 60 ECTS
Learn everything about Shoulder Surgery alongside the professionals at Clínica CEMTRO in Madrid, a leading general hospital founded by the renowned surgeon and researcher Pedro Guillén.
Clínica CEMTRO specializes in surgery and traumatology, with particular expertise in sports traumatology. This has made it one of the leading referral centers for elite athletes across Spain and one of only 32 medical centers worldwide to be accredited as a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence.
Objectives
- Understand and apply the appropriate techniques to evaluate the shoulder and make an accurate diagnosis of shoulder injuries and pathologies.
- Learn to interpret and integrate information obtained from various imaging techniques in the evaluation and diagnosis of shoulder pathologies.
- Understand the surgical anatomy of the shoulder and the different surgical approaches used to perform procedures on this joint.
- Become familiar with the principles of shoulder arthroscopy, a technique increasingly used in shoulder surgery.
- Learn and apply surgical techniques for repairing anterior and posterior labral tears, as well as for treating multidirectional instability.
- Learn arthroscopic rotator cuff repair techniques, as well as alternatives in cases of irreparable rotator cuff tears.
- Learn techniques for treating acute and chronic acromioclavicular dislocations, as well as sternoclavicular disorders.
- Learn ORIF techniques for treating bone fractures in the shoulder, as well as arthroplasty techniques for advanced pathology.
- Learn about and apply image-guided procedures, such as barbotage and glenohumeral injections, as well as other procedures like arthroscopic suprascapular nerve release.
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- Physicians of all specialties interested in an academic program of excellence.