Main description:

EFOST Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine - Shoulder Surgery Vol.1: Instability and Trauma provides orthopaedic surgeons with a collection of step by step surgical techniques for correcting shoulder injuries commonly encountered in sports and orthopaedic trauma.

Each chapter explains how to perform a single surgical procedure in its entirety, from diagnosis, preparation, surgical technique to closure and rehabilitation, while also detailing pre and post-operative complications and how best to avoid them. The practical, easy to use format makes this book an invaluable resource for all surgeons involved with treating orthopaedic and sports trauma injuries of the shoulder.

Key points

EFOST - easy to reference surgical techniques written in a simple stepwise format

Easy to follow 'cook book' chapter style

Easy to navigate content allows rapid review of techniques

Large number of high quality colour photographs

Written by highly experienced orthopaedic and sports trauma surgeons

Contents:

1 Arthroscopic capsular shift

2 Arthroscopic labral repair

3 Arthroscopic augmentation with subscapularis tendon

4 Open latarjet procedure

5 Mini-Open latarjet procedure

6 Arthroscopic latarjet procedure

7 Management of humeral head bone loss

8 Management of glenoid bone loss

9 Plate fixation of proximal humeral fractures

10 Intramedullary nailing of proximal humeral fractures

11 Pinning of proximal humeral fractures

12 Hemiarthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures

13 Total shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures

14 Reverse shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures

15 Arthroscopic treatment of great tuberosity fractures

16 Management of periprosthetic humeral fractures

17 Surgical fixation of midshaft clavicle fractures

18 Surgical fixation of distal clavicular fractures

19 Surgical fixation of proximal clavicular fractures

20 Surgical fixation of acromioclavicular dislocations