Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 483-490 , November 2000

Impingement of the deep surface of the subscapularis tendon and the reflection pulley on the anterosuperior glenoid rim: A preliminary report

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 Reprint requests: Christian Gerber, MD, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Zürich, Balgrist, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland.

☆☆ J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2000;9:483-90

PII: S1058-2746(00)85949-2

doi: 10.1067/mse.2000.109322

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 483-490 , November 2000