Main description:

This book covers all aspects of imaging diagnosis of shoulder disorders and explains the treatment implications of imaging findings from a clinical perspective. After discussion of anatomy, shoulder biomechanics, and the relevant imaging techniques, a wide spectrum of disorders is addressed in a series of dedicated chapters on rotator cuff injuries and impingement syndromes, glenohumeral instability, SLAP tears and microinstability, biceps tendon and rotator interval pathology, shoulder girdle fractures, shoulder arthritides, tumors and tumor-like conditions, and entrapment neuropathies. Separate consideration is also given to the pediatric shoulder and to preoperative planning, postoperative imaging, and surgical techniques in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty.

The unique anatomy and range of motion of the shoulder joint can present a diagnostic challenge. Careful physical examination and radiographic findings often provide important clues in the differential diagnosis and in many instances may be sufficient for the assessment of patients with shoulder pathology. However, characterization of soft tissue injuries and radiographically occult osseous pathology is often facilitated by the use of advanced imaging techniques, including CT, US, and MRI, for the diagnostic workup of internal derangements affecting the shoulder joint. Readers will find this excellently illustrated book to be an invaluable aid to image interpretation when employing these techniques and a helpful guide to treatment.

Contents:

Anatomy and Shoulder Biomechanics.- Imaging Techniques: Current Protocols in Radiographic and CT Evaluation of the Shoulder.- Technical Update in Conventional and Arthrographic MRI of the Shoulder.- Sonographic Evaluation of the Shoulder.- Image-Guided Procedures in the Shoulder.- Rotator Cuff and Impingement: Imaging Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Pathology and Impingement Syndromes.- Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Rotator Cuff Injuries.- Glenohumeral Instability: Imaging Diagnosis of Glenohumeral Instability.- Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Glenohumeral Instability.- SLAP Tears and Microinstability: Imaging Diagnosis of SLAP Tears and Microinstability.- Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of SLAP Tears and Microinstability.- Long Head of Biceps and Rotator Interval: Imaging Diagnosis of Biceps Tendon and Rotator Interval Pathology.- Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Biceps Tears and Adhesive Capsulitis.- Traumatic Injuries of the Shoulder Girdle: Imaging Diagnosis of Shoulder Fractures.- Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Shoulder Girdle Fractures.- Shoulder Arthritides: Imaging Diagnosis of Shoulder Arthritides.- Treatment of Shoulder Arthritides.- Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions of the Shoulder: Imaging Diagnosis of Tumors and Tumor-like conditions of the Shoulder.- Treatment of Shoulder Tumors.- Shoulder Replacement: Preoperative Planning and Postoperative Imaging of Shoulder Arthroplasty.- Clinical Indications and Surgical Techniques in Shoulder Replacement Surgery.- The Pediatric Shoulder.- Entrapment Neuropathies of the Shoulder.