BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Does preoperative abduction value affect functional outcome of combined muscle transfer and release procedures in obstetrical palsy patients with shoulder involvement?

Atakan Aydin*, Turker Ozkan and Defne Onel

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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:25 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-5-25

Published: 3 August 2004

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Preoperative and postoperative range motion degrees and Mallet scores of the patients. Patients with bold numbers are in Group II with preoperative abduction values ≥ 90° and the others are in Group I with preoperative abduction values < 90° (Abd Deg: abduction degree, Ex. Rot. Deg: external rotation degree). Passive range of motion degrees are in parenthesis.

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