Arthroplasty of the shoulder

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 562-575

  Boileau, P ^a   Sinnerton, R J ^b   Chuinard, C ^a   Walch, G ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b The Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinique Sainte Anne Lumiere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE REMODELING; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT LIMITATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; HUMERUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEONECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33646892619     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.16466     Document Type: Review

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