Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 355-361 , September 1996

Humeral head osteonecrosis: Clinical course and radiographic predictors of outcome

    MD
  • John C. L'lnsalata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, N. Y. USA
    • Lipscomb Clinic, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: John C. L'lnsalata, MD, The Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th St., New York, NY 10021.
    • , MD
  • Michael J. Pagnani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, N. Y. USA
    • Lipscomb Clinic, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. USA
    • , MD
  • Russell F. Warren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, N. Y. USA
    • Lipscomb Clinic, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. USA
    • , MD
  • David M. Dines

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, N. Y. USA
    • Lipscomb Clinic, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. USA

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Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 355-361 , September 1996

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