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BMJ, 1952 Evolutionary imperfections render man's shoulder uniquely vulnerable to damage by wear and tear and by trauma. Impingement of the rotator cuff against the tip of the acromion leads to bursitis, attrition and tearing. The instability of the shoulder predisposes to dislocation and subluxation.
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European Radiology, 2008 Shoulder prostheses are now commonly used. Clinical results and patient satisfaction are usually good. The most commonly used types are humeral hemiarthroplasty, unconstrained total shoulder arthroplasty, and semiconstrained inversed shoulder prosthesis. Complications of shoulder arthroplasty depend on the prosthesis type used.
Buck, F M, Jost, B, Hodler, J
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Christian Journal for Global Health, 2017 Background: Education is a universal need in health care and a tool for quality improvement. We developed a two-day medical education conference in Iringa, Tanzania, that has now evolved to teach the basics of quality improvement to an inter-professional
John Kvasnicka +6 more
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Arthroscopy Techniques, 2023 Arthroscopic posterior bone block procedure using cortical screws has been reported since 2012 for management of recurrent posterior instability associated with bone defects.
Philippe Valenti, M.D. +4 more
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Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2022 We present a case of a surgically treated latissimus dorsi (LD) and teres major (TM) tear with a one-year outcome. The postoperative course was complicated by wound dehiscence requiring operative intervention and neuropraxia of the posterior cutaneous ...
Matthew G. Alben +4 more
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Mid-term outcomes of a stemless ceramic head anatomic total shoulder replacement
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 Background In an anatomic shoulder replacement (aTSR) good results have been reported with the use of a stemless humeral prosthesis. In vitro a ceramic articulation with polyethylene has been shown to produce less polyethylene wear particles than with ...
Maciej J. K. Simon +5 more
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Shoulder posture and median nerve sliding [PDF]
, 2004 Background: Patients with upper limb pain often have a slumped sitting position and poorshoulder posture. Pain could be due to poor posture causing mechanical changes (stretch; localpressure) that in turn affect the function of major limb nerves (e.g ...
A Dilley +9 more
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European Respiratory Journal, 2014 If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants . – Isaac Newton This saying was already a popular metaphor in the middle ages, and still is. A contemporary meaning of this would be: one who discovers by building on discoveries made by predecessors. And in this issue of the European Respiratory Journal , Chang et al. [1] have done
Merkus, P.J.F.M., Merkus, P.J.F.M.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018 Background Stemless shoulder arthroplasty is a fairly new concept. Clinical and radiological follow-up is essential to prove implant safety and concept. This prospective single-centre study was performed to evaluate the influence of radiological changes ...
Philipp R. Heuberer +5 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019 Background The purpose of this study was to compare restoration of mechanical limb alignment and three-dimensional component-positioning between conventional and patient-specific instrumentation in total knee arthroplasty.
Leo Pauzenberger +7 more
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