Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Treatment of Shoulder Joint Diseases

This book is to provide useful information for clinical diagnosis and treatment of shoulder joint diseases, avoid getting lost and falling into the traps of misdiagnosis and mistreatment. Typical cases are selected from patients with shoulder joint diseases who, despite undergoing minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, still experience some unfavourable outcomes and adverse events that directly affect postoperative results, and in some cases, even lead to medical disputes. Pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment of should joint diseases are presented, with detailed discussion on countermeasures. It will be a helpful reference for practitioners working in this field.

Chapter 1. Management of for misdiagnosis and pitfalls in cervical spondylosis and shoulder joint diseases.- Chapter 2. Management of complications after rotator cuff surgery. Chapter 3. Management of complications after shoulder instability anchor fixation.- Chapter 4. Anterior dislocation of the shoulder joint.- Chapter 5. Posterior dislocation of the shoulder joint and diseases easily confused with posterior dislocation.- Chapter 6. Clavicle fractures.- Chapter 7. Acromioclavicular joint fracture and dislocation.- Chapter 8. Perioperative pain and infection of the shoulder joint surgery.- Chapter 9. Fracture of the great tuberosity, chronic muscle tear of the pectoralis major muscle.- Chapter 10. Shoulder joint free body, rice body, and calcified tendonitis.

Yujie Liu is a Professor at Department of Orthopaedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. Changming Huang is a Professor at Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chenggong Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. Jing Xue is an Associate Professor at Department of Orthopedics, Air Force Medical Center of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China.