Humeral internal rotation osteotomy for the treatment of Erb-Duchenne-type obstetric palsy: clinical and radiographic results

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functional and radiographic results in patients undergoing shoulder anterior soft tissue stretching in association with open reduction and internal rotation osteotomy to centralize the humeral head as a treatment for Erb-Duchenne obstetric palsy sequelae. METHOD: A total o...

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Main Authors: Jorge Henrique Assunção, Arnaldo Amado Ferreira Neto, Eduardo Benegas, Raul Bolliger Neto, Flávia Santis Prada, Eduardo Angeli Malavolta, Mauro Emilio Conforto Gracitelli, Gilberto Luis Camanho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-07-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000700928&lng=en&tlng=en