The bicipital groove as a landmark for orientation of the humeral prosthesis in cases of fracture

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 136-139

  Kontakis, George M ^a,b   Damilakis, John ^a   Christoforakis, Joseph ^a   Papadakis, Anthony ^a   Katonis, Pavlos ^a   Prassopoulos, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMPLANTATION; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REFERENCE VALUE;

CADAVER; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HUMERUS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035290491     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2001.112018     Document Type: Article

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