Plath, Johannes E.
Kerschbaum, Christian
Seebauer, Tobias
Holz, Rainer
Henderson, Daniel J. H.
Förch, Stefan
Mayr, Edgar
Article History
Received: 10 September 2018
Accepted: 2 January 2019
First Online: 10 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (Ludwig Maximilian University Munich) before initiation of this study (approval No. 442–13). All patients provided written informed consent to participation.
: Not applicable.
: The first author (J.E.P.) has participated in a shoulder fellowship program that was sponsored by DePuy Synthes Mitek. The senior author (E.M.) is a consultant and receives royalties from Marquardt Medizintechnik Europe. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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