Main description:

This practical guide offers a complete overview of the complications that can arise during and after arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder. Divided into four key sections, the book first focuses upon general problems and complications, followed by difficulties in general glenohumeral and subacromial space procedures, shoulder instability and rotator cuff lesions.

Complications in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery is written by a team of leading arthroscopic specialists and is a valuable resource for orthopaedic surgeons, and sports traumatologists who encounter these patients in their day-to-day clinical practice.

Contents:

General problems and complications.- Positioning.- Visualisation.- Pain.- Stiffness.- Complications in general glenohumeral and subacromial space procedures.- Acromioplasty.- AC-joint resection.- Calcific tendinitis.- Stiff shoulder release.- Nerve release.- Complications in procedures for shoulder instability.- AC-joint instability repair.- Soft tissue anterior Bankart-repair.- Soft tissue posterior Bankart-repair.- Bony Bankart-repair.- Capsular plication techniques.- Bone block anterior.- Bone block posterior.- Latarjet.- Complications in procedures for rotator cuff lesions.- Repair of small tears.- Repair of medium and large tears.- Repair of subscapularis tears.- Biceps tendon.- Tendon transfer.