Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 28-38 , March 2011

Total Shoulder Arthroplasty—Indications, Technique, and Results

  • Eric T. Ricchetti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Gerald R. Williams Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gerald R. Williams Jr, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, 925 Chestnut Street, 5th Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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 Dr Williams has the following conflict of interests to disclose: royalties from a company or supplier (DePuy); speakers bureau/paid presentations for a company or supplier (DePuy, Mitek); paid consultant or employee for a company or supplier (Tornier); stock or stock options in a company or supplier (in vivo Therapeutics); research or institutional support from a company or supplier (Tornier); royalties, financial or material support from publishers (Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Wolters Kluwer Health—Lippincott Williams and Wilkins); medical/orthopedic publications editorial/governing board (operative Techniques in orthopedics, Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery); board member/committee appointments for a society (American Shoulder and Elbow surgeons, Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society).

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doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2010.11.001

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 28-38 , March 2011

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