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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 9/2017

01-09-2017 | In Brief

Classifications in Brief: Walch Classification of Primary Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis

Authors: Kiet V. Vo, BA, BS, Daniel J. Hackett, MD, Albert O. Gee, MD, Jason E. Hsu, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 9/2017

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Morphologic features in primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis do not appear in the same ways in all patients. Neer et al. [21] noted that posterior glenoid wear and posterior humeral head subluxation commonly occur in primary glenohumeral arthritis. Using linear measurements with CT, Friedman et al. [7] reported their observations of excessive glenoid retroversion. Despite acknowledgment of the various glenoid morphologic features and glenohumeral relationships that are associated with glenohumeral arthritis [7, 21], it was only in 1999 that Walch et al. [29] classified these commonly observed features. In an effort to clarify etiology, progression, and treatment, Denard and Walch [4] and Walch et al. [29] used CT to classify morphologic features of the glenoid in primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis based on the concepts of glenoid version and the glenohumeral subluxation index. …
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Metadata
Title
Classifications in Brief: Walch Classification of Primary Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
Authors
Kiet V. Vo, BA, BS
Daniel J. Hackett, MD
Albert O. Gee, MD
Jason E. Hsu, MD
Publication date
01-09-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-017-5317-6

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