Rotator Cuff Repair: Why I Prefer Arthroscopy

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Gartsman, Gary M ^a  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Shoulder arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012557234     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199904000-00003     Document Type: Article

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