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triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm (同)deltoid_muscle, musculus_deltoideus
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle

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Glenohumeral abduction contracture in children with unresolved neonatal brachial plexus palsy.

Eismann EA1, Little KJ1, Laor T1, Cornwall R1.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume.J Bone Joint Surg Am.2015 Jan 21;97(2):112-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00203.
BACKGROUND: Following neonatal brachial plexus palsy, the Putti sign-obligatory tilt of the scapula with brachiothoracic adduction-suggests the presence of glenohumeral abduction contracture. In the present study, we utilized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to quantify this glenohumeral abduction c
PMID 25609437

Benčić I, Matejčić A, Dojčinović B, Ćuti T.
Acta clinica Croatica.Acta Clin Croat.2014 Sep;53(3):302-9.
Reverse shoulder prosthesis has become one of the most often used prosthetic implants in shoulder replacement surgery. It has a wide spectrum of indications, starting from comminuted humeral fractures and posttraumatic arthritis to arthritis caused by the rotator cuff loss. Its application at our ho
PMID 25509240

Reconstruction of cervical scar contracture using axial thoracic flap based on the thoracic branch of the supraclavicular artery.

Ma X1, Li Y, Wang L, Li W, Dong L, Xia W, Su Y.
Annals of plastic surgery.Ann Plast Surg.2014 Sep;73 Suppl 1:S53-6. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000257.
PURPOSE: Cervical scar contracture causes both physical and psychological distress for burn patients. Many pedicle flaps or skin grafting have been suggested for reconstruction of cervical scar contracture with variable results in the literature. The authors present the axial thoracic flap based on
PMID 25003452