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.

Gazi Huri, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ankara, Turkey. He completed a Residency in the department in 2008 and between 2012 and 2014 undertook a Clinical Research Fellowship at the Division of Sport Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Dr. Huri is Turkey's representative on the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EBOT) and a past president of the Federation of Orthopaedic Trainees in Europe (FORTE). He holds several patents, including one for a 'bone plate' that won the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) Award for Best Academic Invention as well as the ISIF'16 Gold Medal - Best Patent Award. He is the author of 36 articles in peer-reviewed international journals as well as many in national journals.

Filippo Familiari, MD, works in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Villa del Sole Clinic of Catanzaro which is affiliated to the Magna Grecia Unoversity of Catanzaro, Italy, having previously completed a period as a Research Fellow and Clinical Intern at the Division of Shoulder Surgery (Prof. Edward G. McFarland) of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland, USA), a fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (Prof. Christian Gerber) of the Universitätsklinik Balgrist (Zurich, Switzerland), and an ISAKOS Teaching Center Scholarship at the Division of Complex Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine (Dr. Robert F. LaPrade) of The Steadman Clinic and Steadman Philippon Research Institute (Vail, Colorado, USA). He is an Executive Board Member of the Associazione Italiana degli Specializzandi in Ortopedia e Traumatologia (AISOT), Federation of Orthopaedics Trainees in Europe (FORTE), European School for TRaining in Orthopaedics (ESTRO), Società Italiana del Ginocchio Artroscopia Sport Cartilagine Tecnologie Ortopediche (SIGASCOT), International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), and Società Italiana di Artroscopia (SIA). Dr. Familiari is a member of the editorial boards for the International Journal of Orthopaedics and the Journal of Arthritis as well as a reviewer for various other leading journals in the field. He is the author of more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. 

Young Lae Moon, MD, is Director of the Orthopaedics Department and Professor at Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea, where his special areas of interest include arthroscopic surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, and sports medicine. He joined the hospital in 2000, having previously been chief of the orthopaedic departments at Youngkwang Christian Hospital, Jeonnam, and Seonam University Hospital, Gwangju. In 2005-6 he completed a Fellowship in the Orthopedic Department, Shoulder and Elbow Service, Columbia University Hospital, New York, USA. Dr. Moon is on the Directorial Committee of the Korean Sports Medicine Society and is a member of the Academic Committee of the Korean Arthroscopic Society. He has published almost 30 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

Mahmut Nedim Doral, MD, is Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Hacettepe School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, and Director of the Hacettepe Sports Medicine Research Center. He has held these posts for the past 20 years and since 2011 has been Chair of Hacettepe University Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Dr. Doral is a Past-President of the Turkish Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (2010-2011), of EFOST (European Federation of Sports Traumatology) (2001-2003), and of the Asia-Pacific Knee Society (2004-6). Dr. Doral has been a member of the editorial boards of many journals and has published approximately 120 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He is co-editor of the successful Springer book Sports Injuries - Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation, now in its second edition. 

Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, MD, PhD, is a University Researcher in the II Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli - University of Bologna, Italy. He completed a Residency in the department in 2012 and in 2014  undertook a the ESSKA Shoulder Arthroscopy Fellowship with Prof. Len Funk at Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK. In 2015 he completed the SIGASCOT-JOSKAS Travelling Fellowship in Japan. He was one of the founders and the first president of the AISOT (Italian Orthopaedic and Trauma Residents Association). He is the author of 73 articles in peer-reviewed international journals as well as many in national journals.