Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 525-533 , September 2007

Treatment of malignant tumors of the proximal humerus with allograft-prosthesis composite reconstruction

  • Amy Williams Black, MD

      Affiliations

    • Specialized Orthopedic Surgeons, University of California, Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y St, Suite 3800, Sacramento, CA 95817.
    • ,
  • Robert M. Titelman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resurgens Orthopaedics, Atlanta, GA.

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PII: S1058-2746(07)00229-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.12.006

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 525-533 , September 2007

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