Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 790-794 , September 2010

Bicipital groove morphology on MRI has no correlation to intra-articular biceps tendon pathology

  • Joseph A. Abboud, MD

      Affiliations

    • 3B Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joseph A. Abboud, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3B Orthopaedics, Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce Street, 8th Floor Preston, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
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  • Arthur R. Bartolozzi, MD

      Affiliations

    • 3B Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Benjamin J. Widmer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania Health System, Penn Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Philip M. DeMola, DO, USAF

      Affiliations

    • 3B Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

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 Institutional review board approval for this study was given by the Pennsylvania Hospital under protocol # 808545.

PII: S1058-2746(10)00190-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.04.044

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 790-794 , September 2010

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