Episode 46: Off the Cuff - Subacromial Balloon & Biceps SMASH with Dr. Nikhil Verma & Dr. John Tokish, Live from AOSSM 2023

Today's episode focuses on two different surgical techniques for management of complex rotator cuff injuries: (1) The biceps SMASH technique for augmentation of a repairable rotator cuff tear. (2) The subacromial balloon spacer – InSpace by Stryker – to manage irreparable rotator cuff tears. We are joined today by two distinguished guests:

Dr. Nikhil Verma is the Director of the Sports Medicine Division and the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Rush , head team physician for the Chicago White Sox  and team physician for the Chicago Bulls . He will be discussing use of the Stryker InSpace balloon implant to treat irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears.

Dr. John Tokish is the President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America  and Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Dr. Tokish will be speaking about the “biceps smash technique” — using long head of biceps tendon autograft to biologically augment rotator cuff repair.