Repair of full thickness rotator cuff tears: Gender, age, and other factors affecting outcome

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 367, Issue , 1999, Pages 243-255

  Romeo, Anthony A ^a,b   Hang, David W ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a   Shott, Susan ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032696480     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199910000-00031     Document Type: Article

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