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Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Owens Rochelle A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)62975-x
Subject(s) - arthroplasty , medicine , surgery
Surgeons perform total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) procedures to reduce patients' intractable arthritic pain and to repair humeral head fractures. Total shoulder arthroplasty has undergone remarkable advances—not only in prosthetic improvements and refinements—but in patient outcomes. Advantages to TSA procedures include decreased pain and patients' increased ability to perform activities of daily living. AORN J 65 (May 1997) 927–932.