Bicipital groove orientation: Considerations for the retroversion of a prosthesis in fractures of the proximal humerus

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Balg, Frŕdéric ^a   Boulianne, Martin ^a   Boileau, Pascal ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CADAVER; HUMANS; HUMERUS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644687405     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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