The Circle-Fit Method Helps Make Reliable Cortical Thickness Measurements Regardless of Humeral Length

Background: Although proximal humerus strength/quality can be assessed using cortical thickness measurements (eg, cortical index), there is no agreement where to make them. Tingart and coworkers used measurements where the proximal endosteum becomes parallel, while Mather and coworkers used measurem...

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Main Authors: Trevor J. Shelton MD, MS, Amy E. Steele BS, Augustine M. Saiz MD, Kent N. Bachus PhD, John G. Skedros MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-12-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459318818163