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Glenohumeral Joint

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Diagnosis of gout as well as inflammatory and septic shoulder arthritis. Treatment of inflammatory and degenerative arthritis and adhesive capsulitis. The shoulder is a large volume synovial joint and the most mobile in the body. The joint itself lies relatively deep beneath the deltoid, rotator cuff muscles and the capsule.

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Harwood, P., Giannoudis, P.V. (2011). Glenohumeral Joint. In: Giannoudis, P. (eds) Practical Procedures in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-817-1_3

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