Surgical reconstruction of a stress fracture of the acromion after arthroscopic subacromial decompression in an elite tennis player

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-108

  Rupp, Stefan ^a   Seil, Romain ^a   Kohn, Dieter M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; Impingement; Overhead athlete; Stress fracture; Subacromial decompression

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TENNIS;

EID: 0031887083     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70132-X     Document Type: Article

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