Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients

A transfer of the posterior deltoid innervated by the posterior branch of the axillary nerve and vascularized by the posterior circumflex humeral artery is described for irreparable tears of the supra- and infraspinatus muscle tendons. Functionally useful abduction and flexion were restored in 2 pat...

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Autor principal: Kumar, V. Prem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Ideas and Innovations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4457253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000359
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description A transfer of the posterior deltoid innervated by the posterior branch of the axillary nerve and vascularized by the posterior circumflex humeral artery is described for irreparable tears of the supra- and infraspinatus muscle tendons. Functionally useful abduction and flexion were restored in 2 patients.
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spelling pubmed-44572532015-06-18 Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients Kumar, V. Prem Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Ideas and Innovations A transfer of the posterior deltoid innervated by the posterior branch of the axillary nerve and vascularized by the posterior circumflex humeral artery is described for irreparable tears of the supra- and infraspinatus muscle tendons. Functionally useful abduction and flexion were restored in 2 patients. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4457253/ /pubmed/26090280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000359 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title_full Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title_fullStr Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title_full_unstemmed Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title_short Bipolar Posterior Deltoid Transfer for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: A Report on 2 Patients
title_sort bipolar posterior deltoid transfer for massive rotator cuff tears: a report on 2 patients
topic Ideas and Innovations
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4457253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000359
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