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Surgical Management of Stiff Shoulder

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Stiffness problem in the shoulder, is a symptom that can be caused by many pathologies. It can be seen in different clinical presentations like primary or secondary simple stiffness, adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder or algodystrophy. The etiology is intricate and multifactorial, so that treatment of stiff shoulder is often empirical and confederated [1].

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Selcuk University Medical School, Konya, Turkey

    Ahmet Yildirim M.D.

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Necmettin Erbakan University Medical School, Konya, Turkey

    Mustafa Özer M.D.

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  1. Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Gazi Huri

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nikolaos K. Paschos

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Yildirim, A., Özer, M. (2017). Surgical Management of Stiff Shoulder. In: Huri, G., Paschos, N. (eds) The Shoulder. Orthopaedic Study Guide Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51979-1_28

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