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Prosthetic Adaptability: A New Concept in Shoulder Arthroplasty

1999; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-58711-5_25

Pascal Boileau, Gilles Walch,

Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation

The goal of a surgeon inserting a shoulder prosthesis is, as with all prosthetic surgery, to come as close as possible to the anatomical model. Two questions are therefore raised: 1) Are we sure we are perfectly familiar with the anatomical model? 2) Do the standard prostheses at our disposal, including modular systems, allow us to reproduce this anatomical model?