This book describes and evaluates techniques and devices used in shoulder arthroplasty with a view to enabling readers to improve their surgical practice. After an opening section on basic knowledge, including surgical anatomy, key issues in total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) are considered in detail. Among the topics covered are biomechanics, cemented versus cementless humeral fixation, the comparative merits of humeral components featuring short stem and stemless designs and of pegged and keeled glenoid components, the influence of humeral inclination in RTSA, and the avoidance and management of unstable RTSA. An entire section is then devoted to the description and illustration of valuable surgical tips and tricks. Arthroplasty for acute proximal humerus fractures is considered separately, again addressing important aspects of technique and current controversies. The book is an outcome of a workshop held by the international Shoulder Club, formed at Hacettepe University in Ankara in 2015 with the aim of bringing together leading authorities in the field and young orthopedic surgeons and students from across the world in order to disseminate expertise and exchange ideas.

Chapter 1. Shoulder anatomy

Chapter 2. Axillary Nerve Palsy
Chapter 3. Deltopectoral approach
Chapter 4. Biomechanics of RTSA
Chapter 5. Anatomic Shoulder Arthroplasty: Causes and Indications to Surgery
Chapter 6. Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Principles and Biomechanics
Chapter 7. Unstable Reverse Total Shoulder Arthoplasty How to Avoid and Manage
Chapter 8.  Keeled or Pegged Polyethylene Glenoid Componenets
Chapter 9. Genral Principals of Rehabilitation Following Shoulder Surgery
Chapter 10. Rehabilitation after Shoulder Arthroplasty. Chapter 11. Indications for Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Chapter 12. Stemless RTSA
Chapter 13. Massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears treated with an arthroscopic-assisted latissimus dorsi tendon transfer: Indications, surgical technique, and outcomes
Chapter 14. Fundamentals in Shoulder Radiology
Chapter 15. Shoulder Arthroplasty: Pain Management
Chapter 16. Shoulder Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures
Chapter 17. Operative technique of angular stable plate fixation
Chapter 18. Complications of ORIF in proximal humeral fractures
Chapter 19. Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries
Chapter 20. Complications of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.