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LOUIS T. PALUMBO, M.D.; LLOYD D. QUIRIN, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1950;60(6):1140-1150.

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THE PROBLEM of devising an operative procedure for the surgical repair of recurrent anterior and inferior dislocations of the shoulder joint has been given a great deal of thought by many surgeons over an extended period. It is apparent from the innumerable procedures developed and described that none of them is entirely satisfactory. In instances in which the recurrence rate has been lowest, the surgical procedure performed is complex and complicated and does not lend itself well to performance by the average surgeon, who frequently is called on to repair these dislocations.

This paper is intended to consider briefly the anatomic and pathologic features found in the disorder and to present a preliminary report on the results obtained in 13 cases in which repair was carried out by the technic developed and described by Magnuson and Stack.¹ The followup period was from six months to two years in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DES MOINES, IOWA

From the Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital.

Footnotes
Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors.

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