Surgical management of os acromiale: A case report and review of the literature

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-316

  Sahajpal, Deenesh ^a   Strauss, Eric J ^a   Ishak, Charbel ^a   Keyes, J M O'Malley ^b   Joseph, George ^d   Jazrawi, Laith M ^a,c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ACROMION; ADULT; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN;

ACROMION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; OSSEOINTEGRATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37449032222     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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