Arthroscopic treatment of massive rotator cuff tears

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 390, Issue , 2001, Pages 107-118

  Burkhart, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCAPULA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034867893     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200109000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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