SHOULDER AND ELBOW
DEFINITION Refractory disorders of the scapulothoracic articulation have been reported to result in debilitat…
DEFINITION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory condition of unknown etiology affec…
DEFINITION Trapezius palsy results from a disruption of cranial nerve (CN) XI, also known as the spinal acces…
DEFINITION Extrinsic elbow contracture refers to elbow stiffness secondary to fibrosis, thickening, and, occa…
DEFINITION Sternoclavicular dislocation is one of the rarest dislocations but one most shoulder surgeons will…
DEFINITION Sternoclavicular dislocation is one of the rarest dislocations but one most shoulder surgeons will…
PATIENT HISTORY AND PHYSICAL FINDINGS Distal humerus fractures occur in two age groups: Younger patients who …
DEFINITION Symptomatic recurrent posterior instability represents up to 12% of all cases of shoulder instabil…
BACKGROUND Elbow arthrodesis (EA) is rarely performed in orthopaedic surgery and indicated only as a salvage …
DEFINITION Fractures involving the proximal region of the humerus that provide the supporting framework for t…
DEFINITION Refractory disorders of the scapulothoracic articulation have been reported to result in debilitat…
DEFINITION Eddie Y. Lo Wayne Z. Burkhead Glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) occurs with the progressive degener…
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