Massive, irreparable tears of the rotator cuff: Results of operative debridement and subacromial decompression

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 715-721

  Gartsman, Gary M ^a  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030979822     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199705000-00011     Document Type: Article

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