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Instability after prosthetic arthroplasty of the shoulder
1Shoulder and Elbow Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Orthopedic Clinics of North America
|November 2, 2001
Abstract:
Instability of the shoulder is a common complication after prosthetic arthroplasty and accounts for approximately 4% to 5% of case series with mixed preoperative diagnoses. Several anatomic abnormalities and risk factors are associated with this problem. The direction of instability often is associated with the more common types of structural abnormalities.