Shoulder Surgery: Principles and Procedures, 1e

This comprehensive, new guide clearly presents the principles of both normal and abnormal shoulder mechanics and shows clinicians how to successfully perform a variety of procedures. The authors focus on time-tested techniques and the basic tools every surgeon has at their disposal...instead of those that need special, complex, or expensive equipment. Over 750 superb original illustrations demonstrate every important step.

• Provides the scientific foundations upon which shoulder surgery must be based, enabling the surgeon to make adaptations according to a patient's specific mechanical situation.
• Describes procedures that have been consistently successful in managing mechanical problems of the shoulder.
• Features 1,400 illustrations by a shoulder surgeon who is also a professional artist accurately portray both anatomic features and step-by-step procedures.
• Uses a consistent format throughout for easy reference.

Frederick A Matsen, III, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; and Steven B Lippitt