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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:443 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

THE SHOULDER. OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE. Melvin Post, Evan L. Flatow, Louis U. Bigliani, and Roger G. Pollock. With illustrations by Vaune J. Hatch. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1998. $99.00, 270 pp.

Robin R. Richards, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C)

The authors of this book describe many of the operative approaches and techniques that have had a high percentage of success in their practices. Operative procedures for the treatment of common problems of the shoulder that are encountered in general orthopaedic practice are presented. The first chapter focuses on anatomy and biomechanics. No details of the histological features of the rotator cuff insertion or the glenoid labrum are given. Acromioplasty is discussed briefly in this chapter, although it is covered more fully later in the book. The remaining six chapters address fracture treatment, osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint, rotator cuff repair, glenohumeral instability, muscular disorders, and the shoulder girdle.

Many of the radiographs in the section on fractures are almost impossible to visualize, although the accompanying illustrations are excellent. Subacromial decompression during hemiarthroplasty is recommended if the subacromial space is tight. The favorable reports on the use of hemiarthroplasty for . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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