Management of the Unstable Shoulder Arthroscopic and Open Repair

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

Contributing Authors

Foreword by James R. Andrews, MD

Foreword by Richard J. Hawkins, MD

Introduction

Section I Arthroscopic Techniques to Treat the Unstable Shoulder

Chapter 1 Patient Selection: Nonoperative, Arthroscopic, and Open Options

Matthew Bollier, MD and Robert A. Arciero, MD

Chapter 2 PatientÆs Preparation, Positioning, and Portals for Arthroscopic Stabilization

Part I: Advantages of the Lateral Decubitus Position

Jason Sullivan, MD and Guido Marra, MD

Part II: Advantages of the Beach Chair Position

CDR Matthew T. Provencher, MD, MC, USN; ENS Sean McIntire, MC, USN; Tistia Gaston, PA-C; and Daniel J. Solomon, MD

Chapter 3 Arthroscopic Bankart Repair: A Reproducible Technique

Richard Ryu, MD and Jeffrey S. Abrams, MD

Chapter 4 Knotless Suture Anchor Techniques to Repair the Unstable Shoulder

Raymond Thal, MD

Chapter 5 When We Should Consider Posterior Plication Sutures and Interval Plication

Mark T. Wichman, MD

Chapter 6 Techniques to Repair the Multidirectionally Unstable Shoulder

Marcus S. Briones, MD; Michael J. Pagnani, MD; William J. Mallon, MD; and John H. Flint, MD

Chapter 7 Posterior Shoulder Instability: Recognition and Arthroscopic Treatment

Richard L. Angelo, MD

Section II Special Situations in Shoulder Instability

Chapter 8 The Best Treatment for the First-Time Dislocator

Drew Fehsenfeld, MD, PhD and Robert A. Arciero, MD

Chapter 9 Treatment Decisions in the Elite Athlete

Todd C. Moen, MD and Gordon W. Nuber, MD

Chapter 10 Assessment of Bone Loss in the Chronic, Recurrent, Unstable Shoulder

Anshu Singh, MD; Travis G. OÆBrien, BA; Jianhua Wang, MD;and Jon J. P. Warner, MD

Chapter 11 Applying a Soft Tissue Repair in a Chronic Unstable Shoulder With Bone Loss

Robert T. Burks, MD

Chapter 12 Arthroscopic Latarjet Graft Technique

Laurent Lafosse, MD and Simon Boyle, MSc, FRCS (Tr and Orth)

Chapter 13 Treatment of Superior Labral Tears in the Unstable Shoulder

Joseph P. DeAngelis, MD and John E. Kuhn, MD

Chapter 14 Arthroscopic Revision Surgery and Treatment of Complications in Shoulder Stabilization

Jeffrey S. Abrams, MD

Section III Arthrotomy and Repair of the Unstable Shoulder

Chapter 15 Bankart Repair and Capsule Shift

J. Douglas Haltom, MD and Gary W. Misamore, MD

Chapter 16 Subscapularis Tears and Capsular Deficiency in Shoulder Instability

Bojan Zoric, MD and Peter J. Millett, MD, MSc

Chapter 17 Techniques to Bone Graft the Deficient Anterior Glenoid Rim

Michael J. DeFranco, MD; Monica Morman, MD; Travis G. OÆBrien, BA; Laurence D. Higgins, MD; and Jon J. P.

Warner, MD

Chapter 18 Hill-Sachs Injuries of the Shoulder: When Are These Important and How Should I Manage Them?

CDR Matthew T. Provencher, MD, MC, USN; LT Matthew Rose, MD, MC, USN; and William Peace, MD

Chapter 19 Mini-Open and Arthroscopic Repair of the H

Biography

Jeffrey S. Abrams, MD graduated with honors from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received his MD degree from SUNY, Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York. He served his surgical internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and his orthopaedic residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Dr. Abrams has served on the staff of Alfred I. DuPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware, doing research on childhood cervical, hip, and knee disorders. He has completed a Shoulder Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario under the direction of Richard J. Hawkins, MD a Sports Medicine Fellowship in Aspen, Colorado, and the Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital in Columbus, Georgia under Dr. James R. Andrews.   

Since moving to Princeton, New Jersey, Dr. Abrams continues to be involved in education on shoulder injuries and sports medicine. He lectures internationally and has been invited to lecture and perform surgery in Canada, South America, Asia, and Europe. He has served on the Continued Medical Education Committee for American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, is on the Board of Directors for the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and is President-elect of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.   

Dr. Abrams is among the first surgeons to perform rotator cuff repairs and stabilization surgery using arthroscopy. As an inventor, he has assisted multiple surgical companies on equipment designs to perform minimally-invasive surgery. He has served on the Board of Directors for arthroscopy education at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Chicago. He is currently on the editorial staff of four orthopaedic periodicals, section editor forOrthopaedic Knowledge Update, has written over 50 chapters in orthopedic textbooks, and is editor of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Surgery: A Practical Approach to Management.  

Dr. Abrams has served as a program chairman for the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Summer Institute, Biennial Meeting, Comprehensive Meetings; Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, and the Orthopaedic Learning Center. As a co-chairman with Dr. Robert Arciero, the Management of the Unstable Shoulder: Arthroscopic and Open Repairs occurred in October 2008 at the Orthopaedic Learning Center.   

Dr. Abrams is currently an attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery at the University Medical Center at Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a Clinical Professor at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in Orange, New Jersey. He joined Princeton Orthopaedic and Rehabilitative Associates in 1986, and headed up shoulder surgery at Sports Medicine Princeton. He continues to serve as an orthopaedic consultant to Princeton University, College of New Jersey, Mercer Community College, as well as local public and private schools. In addition, he is a consultant to the National Hockey League, National Football League, Major League Baseball, International Skating Federation, and the United States Tennis Association.

"The book can serve as a guide and update for surgeons who commonly perform these procedures, and I guarantee they will gather numerous pearls that change their practice. The pictures, line drawings, and videos are excellent and make it possible for readers to understand exactly what they should be accomplishing at the time of surgery. This is an excellent contribution to the field and I would agree with James Andrews, who states in the foreword, "Management of the Unstable Shoulder: Arthroscopic and Open Repair is an exceptional and unrivaled contribution to the continuing evolution of unstable shoulder management and treatment. I believe it will be an indispensible and informative addition to orthopaedic libraries everywhere.”  Thanks, Dr. Andrews, I couldn’t have said it better myself."  

— Mark R. Hutchinson, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Doody Enterprises, Inc.