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Ultrasound evaluation of the rotator cuff after osteosynthesis of proximal humeral fractures with locking intramedullary nail

Mauro Emílio Conforto Gracitelli, Eduardo Angeli Malavolta, Jorge Henrique Assunção, Bruno Akio Matsumura, Kodi Edson Kojima, Arnaldo Amado Ferreira Neto

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (English Edition) · 2017 · 13 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

A high rate of rotator cuff ruptures was demonstrated, with partial ruptures in 32% of cases and full-thickness ruptures in 13%. However, clinical results are satisfactory, and are not influenced by the presence of rotator cuff ruptures.

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