Assembles the clinical knowledge of leading orthopaedic surgeons treating patients with arthritic shoulders. The book presents practical approaches to surgically managing each type of arthritis, the challenges of revision surgery, and related complications during and following surgery. Chapters provide thorough descriptions of the physical examination, imaging, diagnosis, indications, surgical treatment, nonoperative treatments, therapeutic options, and outcomes.

Features:

Comprehensive discussion addressing everything from the latest techniques for arthroplasty to alternatives to total shoulder replacement
Recommendations about how to avoid and manage common complications including infection, nonunion, malunion, instability, aseptic loosening, and soft tissue complications such as rotator cuff tears, impingement syndromes, and lesions
Important coverage on the treatment of young arthritic patients
This book is an essential reference for orthopaedic surgeons, general surgeons, and residents in these specialties.
Table of Contents

1. History and Development of Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Khazzam/Fealy
2. Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes -- Fehringer/Matsen
3. Physical Examination and Surgical Indications of the Arthritic Shoulder -- Gulotta/Marks/Fealy
4. Surgical Technique -- Wanich/Craig/Warren
5. Glenoid Morphology in Primary Osteoarthritis: Influence on the... -- Edwards/Stanley/Walch
6. Management of Glenoid Insufficiency in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Braman/Flatow
7. Management of Glenoid Deficiency in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Humphrey/Norris/Kelly
8. Infection Complicating Total Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Dines J/Dines D
9. Periprosthetic Humeral Fractures -- Matis/Resch
10. Nonunions and Malunions of the Proximal Humerus -- Phipatanakul/Jobe
11. Complications: Instability After Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Sanchez-Sotelo/Sperling/Cofield
12. Aseptic Loosening in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Chehab/Fealy
13. Soft Tissue Complications After Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Hersch/Dines D
14. Conversion from Hemiarthroplasty to Total Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Goldberg/Bigliani
15. Reverse Prosthesis for the Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulder -- Boileau/Hatzidakis
16. Arthroscopic Alternatives to Glenohumeral Arthroplasty -- Ticker/Levine
17. Options for Arthritis in the Young Patient -- Harkins/Krishnan/Burkhead
18. Results of Shoulder Arthroplasty -- Antuña/Sperling/Cofield