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The idea that minimal invasive surgery of the shoulder is only useful as a form of keyhole diagnostics has become obsolete. Analogous to the development of knee surgery years before, shoulder surgery underwent fundamental changes in diagnosis as well as in therapy. This process was accompanied and supported by the advent of new radiological techniques (sonography, MRI, Arthro-CT, etc.). The progress made in imaging diagnostics and clinical assessments has profoundly improved the understanding of shoulder joint anatomy, pathology and biomechanics [1, 17, 21] and has led to a variety of new and more specific diagnoses which required adequate therapeutic remedies.
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Sommerfeld, F.P., Siebert, W.E., Pape, HG. (2001). Laser-Assisted Arthroscopy of the Shoulder — What Merit Does Laser Surgery Have in Modern Shoulder Surgery?. In: Gerber, B.E., Knight, M.T.N., Siebert, W.E. (eds) Lasers in the Musculoskeletal System. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56420-8_28
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