Evaluation of a reconstruction reverse shoulder for tumour surgery and tribological comparision with an anatomical shoulder arthroplasty.

Purpose: The functional results after reconstruction of the proximal humerus in tumour surgery are poor. Therefore, a reversed proximal humerus replacement was developed in our institution (MUTARS humerus inverse). A low degree of wear on the polyethylene is required because of the patients' youth a...

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Published in:	International Orthopaedics Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 451 - 457
Main Authors:	Dieckmann, Ralf, Liem, Dennis, Gosheger, Georg, Henrichs, Marcel-Philipp, Höll, Steffen, Hardes, Jendrik, Streitbürger, Arne
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Springer Nature Mar2013
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