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Influence of the site of acromioplasty on reduction of the critical shoulder angle (CSA) – an anatomical study

BACKGROUND: A large critical shoulder angle (CSA) >35° is associated with the development of rotator cuff tearing. Lateral acromioplasty (AP) has the theoretical potential to prevent rotator cuff tearing and/ or to reduce the risk of re-tears after repair. It is, however unclear which part of the...

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Autores principales: Kaiser, Dominik, Bachmann, Elias, Gerber, Christian, Meyer, Dominik C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6186126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30314499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2294-1