The use of the bicipital groove for alignment of the humeral stem in shoulder arthroplasty

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-146

  Kummer, Frederick J ^a   Perkins, Richard ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0032021178     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(98)90225-7     Document Type: Article

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