Rockwood and Matsen's The Shoulder
- 7th Edition - August 19, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Frederick A. Matsen, Aaron J. Bois, Frank A. Cordasco, Jonah Hebert-Davies, John W. Sperling, Bassem Elhassan, Jason E. Hsu
- Language: English
Rockwood and Matsen's The Shoulder, 7th Edition provides critical, up-to-date coverage of evidence, surgical techniques, and imaging in shoulder care. Senior editor Frederick A.… Read more
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Rockwood and Matsen's The Shoulder, 7th Edition provides critical, up-to-date coverage of evidence, surgical techniques, and imaging in shoulder care. Senior editor Frederick A. Matsen III, along with expert section editors and contributing authors from around the world, offer concise technical guidance on managing the full spectrum of shoulder pathologies. This edition presents practical approaches to fractures, rotator cuff disorders, instability, arthritis, and failed prior surgeries, equipping orthopedic surgeons and trainees with the knowledge needed to achieve optimal outcomes for their patients.
Key features
Key features
- Practical, illustrated surgical guides to both established and emerging techniques for common and complex pathologies, addressing the needs of the busy surgeon while emphasizing patient-centered outcomes
- Multiple expert perspectives from internationally recognized authors presenting their approaches to cuff tears, instability, arthritis, and fractures, including dissenting views that reflect ongoing scientific debate about optimal management strategies
- Critical examination of new technologies including patient-specific 3D planning, navigation, and robotic-assisted surgery, with emphasis on the evidence supporting their clinical benefit and cost-effectiveness
- Evidence-based analysis of rotator cuff repair that addresses the relationship between structural healing and functional outcomes, helping surgeons counsel patients about realistic expectations
- More than 60 high-quality video clips demonstrating key procedures, plus 2,200 full-color illustrations, radiographs, scans, and intraoperative photographs
- Scientifically rigorous coverage of shoulder biomechanics and pathophysiology to support sound clinical decision-making, acknowledging both what is known and where uncertainty remains
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date
Readership
Readership
Orthopaedic Surgery
Table of contents
Table of contents
PART I AC JOINT SC JOINT
Chapter 1 Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Nonoperative Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 2 Open Management of Traumatic Disorders of the Acromioclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 3 Arthroscopic and Arthroscopically Assisted Management of Traumatic and Atraumatic Disorders of the Acromioclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 4 Complications Associated With Nonoperative and Operative Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 5 Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Nonoperative Management of Sternoclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 6 Open Management of Atraumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 7 Arthroscopic and Arthroscopic-Assisted Management of Atraumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 8 Open Management of Traumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
PART II GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY
Chapter 9 Diagnosis, Classification, Indications for Surgery
Chapter 10 Arthroscopic Anterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 11 Management of First Time Anterior Dislocation: My Approach to Decision-Making, Treatment, and Postoperative Protocols
Chapter 12 Open Anterior Capsulolabral Repair With Capsular Shift
Chapter 13 Current Concepts of Glenoid Bone Loss Management: Analysis of Glenoid Bone Loss
Chapter 14 Open Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 15 Arthroscopic Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 16 Arthroscopic Bone Block: My Approach
Chapter 17 Open Distal Tibia Allograft: My Approach
Chapter 18 The Distal Clavicle Autograft in the Treatment of Glenoid Bone Loss
Chapter 19 Arthroscopic Osseous Bankart Repair: My Approach
Chapter 20 Arthroscopic Dynamic Anterior Stabilization of the Glenohumeral Joint
Chapter 21 Arthroscopic Remplissage: My Approach
Chapter 22 Open Humeral Allograft (Humerus or Talus): My Approach
Chapter 23 Outcomes of Shoulder Stabilization
Chapter 24 Revision Anterior Shoulder Stabilization Surgery: My Approach
Chapter 25 Revision Following Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 26 Posterior Instability—Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 27 Arthroscopic Posterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 28 Open Posterior Stabilization—My Approach
Chapter 29 Posterior Arthroscopic Anatomic Glenoid Reconstruction: My Approach
Chapter 30 Open Bone Block: My Approach
Chapter 31 McLaughlin and Neer Transfers: My Approach
Chapter 32 Revision Posterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 33 Multidirectional Shoulder Instability: Diagnosis, Classification, Indications for Surgery
Chapter 34 Arthroscopic Capsular Plication: My Approach
Chapter 35 Open Capsular Shift: My Approach
Chapter 36 Glenohumeral Instability in the Throwing Athlete: Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 37 Glenohumeral Instability—Throwing Athlete: Shoulder Injuries in the Throwing Athlete: My Approach
Chapter 38 Rehabilitation of Shoulder Instability in Baseball Players
PART III TENDON INJURIES
Chapter 39 Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 40 Nonoperative Treatment of Atraumatic Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears: Is This Rotator Cuff Tear Incidental or Consequential?
Chapter 41 Role of Biologics in Rotator Cuff Pathologies
Chapter 42 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: My Approach
Chapter 43 Arthroscopic Management of the Partial-Thickness Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tear: My Approach
Chapter 44 Arthroscopic Subscapularis Repair: My Approach
Chapter 45 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Augmentation: My Approach
Chapter 46 Superior Capsule Reconstruction for Reparable and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: The Mihata Approach
Chapter 47 Subacromial Balloon Spacer: My Approach
Chapter 48 Long Head Biceps Tendon for Augmentation: My Approach
Chapter 49 Tendon Transfers for Rotator Cuff Deficiency: My Approach
Chapter 50 Suprascapular Nerve: When to Decompress?
Chapter 51 Revision Rotator Cuff Surgery: My Approach
Chapter 52 Rotator Cuff Repair Outcomes
Chapter 53 Rehabilitation and Return to Sport Following Rotator Cuff Repair
Chapter 54 Pectoralis Major Tendon Repair: My Approach
Chapter 55 Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major Repair: My Approach
Chapter 56 Biceps Labral Complex Tears: My Approach
PART IV INFECTION
Chapter 57 Evaluation, Classification, and Management of Septic Arthritis of the Native Shoulder
Chapter 58 Preventative Strategies and Diagnostic Evaluation of Postoperative Infection Including Prosthetic Joint Infection
Chapter 59 Single-Stage Versus Two-Stage Revision for Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Shoulder
Chapter 60 Salvage Options for the Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection—Debridement and Implant Retention, Permanent Articulated Spacer, and Excision Arthroplasty
PART V FRACTURES
Chapter 61 Extraarticular Scapula Fractures
Chapter 62 Intraarticular Scapula Fractures
Chapter 63 Periprosthetic Fractures of The Scapula
Chapter 64 Single Plating of Clavicle Fractures
Chapter 65 Plating
Chapter 66 Intramedullary Nailing
Chapter 67 Reverse Total Shoulder
Chapter 68 Fracture Dislocation
PART VI SCAPULOTHORACIC ABNORMAL MOTION
Chapter 69 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Scapulothoracic Articulation
Chapter 70 Description and Classification of Functional and Structural Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion
Chapter 71 Evaluation and Management of Functional Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion
Chapter 72 Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion: Diagnosis and Treatment of Structural Pathologies
PART VII SHOULDER STIFFNESS
Chapter 73 General Principles of Shoulder Stiffness
Chapter 74 Primary Idiopathic Shoulder Stiffness: Surgical Indications, Arthroscopic Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 75 Secondary Acquired Forms of Shoulder Stiffness
PART VIII GLENOHUMERAL ARTHRITIS
Chapter 76 Classification, Relevant Anatomy, and Imaging Pertaining to Arthroplasty
Chapter 77 Relevant Biomechanics of Anatomic Arthroplasty
Chapter 78 Relevant Biomechanics of Reverse Arthroplasty
Chapter 79 Cortisone and Alternative Injections: Consideration for the Arthritic Shoulder
Chapter 80 Arthroscopic Management of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
Chapter 81 Outpatient Arthroplasty: How to Optimize Patients for Success
Chapter 82 Perioperative Infection Prophylaxis: What I Use and Why
Chapter 83 Perioperative Pain Management After Shoulder Arthroplasty: What I Do and Why
Chapter 84 Arthroplasty Considerations in Patients With Inflammatory and Neuropathic Arthropathy
Chapter 85 Cuff-Intact Arthritis: Indications for Anatomic Versus Reverse
Chapter 86 Ream and Run and Pyrocarbon Hemiarthroplasty Options for the Young and Active Patient
Chapter 87 How I Preop Plan for an Anatomic Arthroplasty
Chapter 88 Subscapularis Management in Shoulder Arthroplasty
Chapter 89 Subscapularis-Sparing Arthroplasty
Chapter 90 A Standard Approach to Anatomic Shoulder Arthroplasty: Capsular Releases, Glenoid Exposure, and Soft Tissue Balancing
Chapter 91 Arthroplasty for Acquired Glenoid Bone Loss: How I Approach and Choose Implant Type
Chapter 92 Glenoid Dysplasia: When to Choose Arthroplasty and Arthroplasty Type
Chapter 93 Cuff Tear Arthropathy Hemiarthroplasty for Shoulders With Cuff Tear Arthropathy and Retained Active Elevation
Chapter 94 Component Positioning in Reverse Arthroplasty
Chapter 95 How I Do a Reverse for a Patient With Combined Loss of Active Elevation and External Rotation
Chapter 96 How I Do a Reverse for Fracture
Chapter 97 How I Approach and Manage the Patient With Reverse Instability
Chapter 98 How I Approach Acromial and Scapular Spine Open Reduction Internal Fixation: When Is It Needed, How Is It Done?
Chapter 99 How I Expose for Revision Arthroplasty and Explant Well-Fixed Components
Chapter 100 Management of Glenoid Bone Loss in Revision Arthroplasty
Chapter 101 How I Manage Humeral Bone Loss (APC vs. Megaprosthesis)
Chapter 102 How I Approach and Manage the Patient With Suspected Prosthetic Joint Infection
Chapter 1 Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Nonoperative Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 2 Open Management of Traumatic Disorders of the Acromioclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 3 Arthroscopic and Arthroscopically Assisted Management of Traumatic and Atraumatic Disorders of the Acromioclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 4 Complications Associated With Nonoperative and Operative Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 5 Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Nonoperative Management of Sternoclavicular Joint Disorders
Chapter 6 Open Management of Atraumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 7 Arthroscopic and Arthroscopic-Assisted Management of Atraumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 8 Open Management of Traumatic Disorders of the Sternoclavicular Joint: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes
PART II GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY
Chapter 9 Diagnosis, Classification, Indications for Surgery
Chapter 10 Arthroscopic Anterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 11 Management of First Time Anterior Dislocation: My Approach to Decision-Making, Treatment, and Postoperative Protocols
Chapter 12 Open Anterior Capsulolabral Repair With Capsular Shift
Chapter 13 Current Concepts of Glenoid Bone Loss Management: Analysis of Glenoid Bone Loss
Chapter 14 Open Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 15 Arthroscopic Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 16 Arthroscopic Bone Block: My Approach
Chapter 17 Open Distal Tibia Allograft: My Approach
Chapter 18 The Distal Clavicle Autograft in the Treatment of Glenoid Bone Loss
Chapter 19 Arthroscopic Osseous Bankart Repair: My Approach
Chapter 20 Arthroscopic Dynamic Anterior Stabilization of the Glenohumeral Joint
Chapter 21 Arthroscopic Remplissage: My Approach
Chapter 22 Open Humeral Allograft (Humerus or Talus): My Approach
Chapter 23 Outcomes of Shoulder Stabilization
Chapter 24 Revision Anterior Shoulder Stabilization Surgery: My Approach
Chapter 25 Revision Following Latarjet: My Approach
Chapter 26 Posterior Instability—Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 27 Arthroscopic Posterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 28 Open Posterior Stabilization—My Approach
Chapter 29 Posterior Arthroscopic Anatomic Glenoid Reconstruction: My Approach
Chapter 30 Open Bone Block: My Approach
Chapter 31 McLaughlin and Neer Transfers: My Approach
Chapter 32 Revision Posterior Stabilization: My Approach
Chapter 33 Multidirectional Shoulder Instability: Diagnosis, Classification, Indications for Surgery
Chapter 34 Arthroscopic Capsular Plication: My Approach
Chapter 35 Open Capsular Shift: My Approach
Chapter 36 Glenohumeral Instability in the Throwing Athlete: Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 37 Glenohumeral Instability—Throwing Athlete: Shoulder Injuries in the Throwing Athlete: My Approach
Chapter 38 Rehabilitation of Shoulder Instability in Baseball Players
PART III TENDON INJURIES
Chapter 39 Diagnosis, Classification, and Indications for Surgery
Chapter 40 Nonoperative Treatment of Atraumatic Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears: Is This Rotator Cuff Tear Incidental or Consequential?
Chapter 41 Role of Biologics in Rotator Cuff Pathologies
Chapter 42 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: My Approach
Chapter 43 Arthroscopic Management of the Partial-Thickness Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tear: My Approach
Chapter 44 Arthroscopic Subscapularis Repair: My Approach
Chapter 45 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Augmentation: My Approach
Chapter 46 Superior Capsule Reconstruction for Reparable and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: The Mihata Approach
Chapter 47 Subacromial Balloon Spacer: My Approach
Chapter 48 Long Head Biceps Tendon for Augmentation: My Approach
Chapter 49 Tendon Transfers for Rotator Cuff Deficiency: My Approach
Chapter 50 Suprascapular Nerve: When to Decompress?
Chapter 51 Revision Rotator Cuff Surgery: My Approach
Chapter 52 Rotator Cuff Repair Outcomes
Chapter 53 Rehabilitation and Return to Sport Following Rotator Cuff Repair
Chapter 54 Pectoralis Major Tendon Repair: My Approach
Chapter 55 Latissimus Dorsi and Teres Major Repair: My Approach
Chapter 56 Biceps Labral Complex Tears: My Approach
PART IV INFECTION
Chapter 57 Evaluation, Classification, and Management of Septic Arthritis of the Native Shoulder
Chapter 58 Preventative Strategies and Diagnostic Evaluation of Postoperative Infection Including Prosthetic Joint Infection
Chapter 59 Single-Stage Versus Two-Stage Revision for Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Shoulder
Chapter 60 Salvage Options for the Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection—Debridement and Implant Retention, Permanent Articulated Spacer, and Excision Arthroplasty
PART V FRACTURES
Chapter 61 Extraarticular Scapula Fractures
Chapter 62 Intraarticular Scapula Fractures
Chapter 63 Periprosthetic Fractures of The Scapula
Chapter 64 Single Plating of Clavicle Fractures
Chapter 65 Plating
Chapter 66 Intramedullary Nailing
Chapter 67 Reverse Total Shoulder
Chapter 68 Fracture Dislocation
PART VI SCAPULOTHORACIC ABNORMAL MOTION
Chapter 69 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Scapulothoracic Articulation
Chapter 70 Description and Classification of Functional and Structural Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion
Chapter 71 Evaluation and Management of Functional Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion
Chapter 72 Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion: Diagnosis and Treatment of Structural Pathologies
PART VII SHOULDER STIFFNESS
Chapter 73 General Principles of Shoulder Stiffness
Chapter 74 Primary Idiopathic Shoulder Stiffness: Surgical Indications, Arthroscopic Techniques, and Outcomes
Chapter 75 Secondary Acquired Forms of Shoulder Stiffness
PART VIII GLENOHUMERAL ARTHRITIS
Chapter 76 Classification, Relevant Anatomy, and Imaging Pertaining to Arthroplasty
Chapter 77 Relevant Biomechanics of Anatomic Arthroplasty
Chapter 78 Relevant Biomechanics of Reverse Arthroplasty
Chapter 79 Cortisone and Alternative Injections: Consideration for the Arthritic Shoulder
Chapter 80 Arthroscopic Management of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
Chapter 81 Outpatient Arthroplasty: How to Optimize Patients for Success
Chapter 82 Perioperative Infection Prophylaxis: What I Use and Why
Chapter 83 Perioperative Pain Management After Shoulder Arthroplasty: What I Do and Why
Chapter 84 Arthroplasty Considerations in Patients With Inflammatory and Neuropathic Arthropathy
Chapter 85 Cuff-Intact Arthritis: Indications for Anatomic Versus Reverse
Chapter 86 Ream and Run and Pyrocarbon Hemiarthroplasty Options for the Young and Active Patient
Chapter 87 How I Preop Plan for an Anatomic Arthroplasty
Chapter 88 Subscapularis Management in Shoulder Arthroplasty
Chapter 89 Subscapularis-Sparing Arthroplasty
Chapter 90 A Standard Approach to Anatomic Shoulder Arthroplasty: Capsular Releases, Glenoid Exposure, and Soft Tissue Balancing
Chapter 91 Arthroplasty for Acquired Glenoid Bone Loss: How I Approach and Choose Implant Type
Chapter 92 Glenoid Dysplasia: When to Choose Arthroplasty and Arthroplasty Type
Chapter 93 Cuff Tear Arthropathy Hemiarthroplasty for Shoulders With Cuff Tear Arthropathy and Retained Active Elevation
Chapter 94 Component Positioning in Reverse Arthroplasty
Chapter 95 How I Do a Reverse for a Patient With Combined Loss of Active Elevation and External Rotation
Chapter 96 How I Do a Reverse for Fracture
Chapter 97 How I Approach and Manage the Patient With Reverse Instability
Chapter 98 How I Approach Acromial and Scapular Spine Open Reduction Internal Fixation: When Is It Needed, How Is It Done?
Chapter 99 How I Expose for Revision Arthroplasty and Explant Well-Fixed Components
Chapter 100 Management of Glenoid Bone Loss in Revision Arthroplasty
Chapter 101 How I Manage Humeral Bone Loss (APC vs. Megaprosthesis)
Chapter 102 How I Approach and Manage the Patient With Suspected Prosthetic Joint Infection
Review quotes
Review quotes
Review of the previous edition:
"This book has been and should be the cornerstone of every academic and institutional library that hosts surgeons and clinicians who perform shoulder surgery. It should serve the same foundational role for every surgeon who performs shoulder surgery. The updates provided in the sixth edition give it a bit more of an international flair and secure it as THE global go-to reference book for shoulder surgery." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Mark R Hutchinson, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Doody’s Score: 4 Stars!
"This book has been and should be the cornerstone of every academic and institutional library that hosts surgeons and clinicians who perform shoulder surgery. It should serve the same foundational role for every surgeon who performs shoulder surgery. The updates provided in the sixth edition give it a bit more of an international flair and secure it as THE global go-to reference book for shoulder surgery." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Mark R Hutchinson, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Doody’s Score: 4 Stars!
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: October 9, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Frederick A. Matsen
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USAAB
Aaron J. Bois
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Division of Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, Sport Medicine Centre, University of CalgaryFC
Frank A. Cordasco
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College; Attending Surgeon, Sports Medicine Institute; Senior Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery, USAJH
Jonah Hebert-Davies
Affiliations and expertise
Orthopedic Trauma and Shoulder & Elbow Specialist, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of WashingtonJS
John W. Sperling
Affiliations and expertise
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USABE
Bassem Elhassan
Affiliations and expertise
Co-Chief, MGH Shoulder Service; Program Director, Shoulder Surgery Fellowship; Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolJH
Jason E. Hsu
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington