Arthroscopic assessment of rotator cuff tear reparability

Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 546-549

  Gartsman, Gary M ^a  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair; complete cuff tears

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0029987503     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90192-9     Document Type: Article

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