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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:592 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Andrew P. Gutow, M.D., John W. Sperling, M.D. and Robert H. Cofield, M.D.

TO THE EDITOR:

"Revision Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Glenoid Arthrosis" by Sperling and Cofield (80-A: 860–867, June 1998) was an excellent and informative review of the authors' experience with glenoid resurfacing in patients who had painful glenoid arthrosis after hemiarthroplasty of the shoulder. Their findings regarding pain relief and patient satisfaction support the performance of revision total shoulder arthroplasty in appropriately selected patients.

The ranges of postoperative abduction, however, were greater than those that I have seen in my clinical practice. I wonder if I am measuring abduction in the same manner. When I measure abduction, my reference point is the long axis of the thoracic spine. The patient is disrobed to the waist and is viewed from behind with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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