Surgical correction of unsuccessful derotational humeral osteotomy in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Evidence of the significance of scapular deformity in the pathophysiology of the medial rotation contracture

Surgical correction of unsuccessful derotational humeral osteotomy in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Evidence of the significance of scapular deformity in the pathophysiology of the medial rotation contracture

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The current method of treatment for persistent internal rotation due to the medial rotation contracture in patients with obstetric brachial plexus injury is humeral derotational osteotomy. While this procedure places the arm in a mor...

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Main Authors: Melcher Sonya E, Nath Rahul K, Paizi Melia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2006-12-01
Series:Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Online Access:http://www.JBPPNI.com/content/1/1/9

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