Latissimus dorsi and teres major transfer with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for a combined loss of elevation and external rotation

Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Boileau, Pascal ^a   Trojani, Christophe ^a   Chuinard, Christopher ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuff tear arthropathy; External rotation deficit; L'Episcopo; Muscle transfer; Reverse shoulder; Total shoulder arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DELTOPECTORAL FLAP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MUSCLE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERES MAJOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33847106938     PISSN: 15239896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTE.0b013e31802f5047     Document Type: Article

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