Surgical correction of unsuccessful derotational humeral osteotomy in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Evidence of the significance of scapular deformity in the pathophysiology of the medial rotation contracture

BACKGROUND: The current method of treatment for persistent internal rotation due to the medial rotation contracture in patients with obstetric brachial plexus injury is humeral derotational osteotomy. While this procedure places the arm in a more functional position, it does not attend to the abnorm...

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Autores principales: Nath, Rahul K, Melcher, Sonya E, Paizi, Melia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17192183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-1-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17192183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-1-9

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