Controversies in Shoulder Instability

Build a deeper understanding of shoulder instability treatment, with a comprehensive focus on complex cases and revision scenarios. Published in cooperation with the ISAKOS Shoulder Committee, this book explores controversial treatment decisions, complications, and treatment failures. Leading specialists from around the world bring together diverse clinical experience, expert opinion, and research data to examine the concepts and techniques current at the time of publication.

What you'll learn

• Explore key treatment controversies: Examine the first episode of instability, the presence of bone defects, and the challenges of instability in high-demand athletes.
• Understand challenging pathologies: Review bone defects, HAGL lesions, unstable painful shoulders, and posterior instability.
• Consider associated conditions: Explore shoulder instability linked to hyperlaxity, rotator cuff issues, or epilepsy.
• Examine stabilization approaches: Study detailed descriptions of soft tissue and bone defect management, arthroscopic and open stabilization techniques, and bone transfer techniques recently developed at the time of publication.
• Deepen your approach to complex and revision cases: Explore the management of complications and treatment failures through contributors’ clinical experience, expert perspectives, and research findings.
• Learn through illustrated, case-based coverage: Use the book’s rich illustrations and several case studies presented by renowned experts to connect treatment concepts with clinical scenarios.

Who this is for

A resource for shoulder surgeons, physiotherapists, other shoulder practitioners, and residents seeking a thorough understanding of shoulder instability for daily practice, particularly when confronting complex pathology, complications, or revision problems.

Details

• Authors: David Dines, Joshua S. Dines, Christopher Dodson, Gilles Walch, Gerald R. Williams
• Edition: 1
• Brand / library: Orthopedics Library
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Published date: 2013-10-31
• Pages: 440
• ISBN: 9781469835563, 1469835568
• Published in cooperation with: ISAKOS Shoulder Committee

Add Controversies in Shoulder Instability to your professional library for expert-led coverage of challenging treatment decisions, stabilization techniques, and revision care.