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Shoulder

Declining incidence of acromioplasty in Finland

Juha PalonevaDepartment of Surgery, Central Finland Hospital, Keskussairaalantie 19, 40620 Jyväskylä, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vesa LepolaDivision of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Department of Trauma, Musculoskeletal Surgery and Rehabilitation, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jaro KarppinenMedical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jari YlinenDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Central Finland HospitalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ville ÄärimaaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ville M MattilaDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Division of Orthopedics and Biotechnology, Karolinska Institutet and Department of Orthopedics at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Sweden, and Department of Orthopedics, Tampere University, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 220-224 | Received 16 May 2014, Accepted 08 Sep 2014, Published online: 23 Oct 2014

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