Patient positioning for shoulder arthroscopy based on variability in lateral acromion morphology

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 547-549

  Baechler, Martin F ^a   Kim, David H ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromion morphology; Shoulder arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036590372     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.30663     Document Type: Article

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