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Quality of life after shoulder arthroplasty—total shoulder arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty

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boxed-textLo IKY et al. (2005) Quality-of-life outcome following hemiarthroplasty or total shoulder arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis. A prospective, randomized trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am 87: 2178–2185

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