The teres major muscle: An anatomic study of its use as a tendon transfer

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 334-338

  Wang, Angela A ^a   Strauch, Robert J ^a   Flatow, Evan L ^a   Bigliani, Louis U ^a   Rosenwasser, Melvin P ^a,b  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS;

EID: 0033162605     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-2746(99)90156-8     Document Type: Article

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