ABSTRACT
The field of adult shoulder reconstruction has enjoyed explosive growth over the last two decades. As recently as the early 1990s, most American orthopaedic residency programmes did not include attending orthopaedic surgeons with specialty training in shoulder surgery. Most graduating residents saw a reasonable number of open rotator cuff repairs but experienced only an occasional open Bankart procedure and few if any shoulder arthroplasties. As a result of the burgeoning interest in adult shoulder reconstruction, important clinical and basic science advances have improved the training received by our residents and the care received by our patients.
