Open acromioplasty does not prevent the progression of an impingement syndrome to a tear. Nine-year follow-up of 96 cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 813-816

  Hyvonen P ^a,b   Lohi, S ^a,b   Jalovaara, P ^a,b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0031693223     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B5.8533     Document Type: Article

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