Surgical and nonsurgical management of rotator cuff tears

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 527-531

  Ruotolo, Charles ^a   Nottage, Wesley M ^a,b  

^a Sports Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonsurgical management; Rotator cuff tears; Surgical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036590529     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.31707     Document Type: Article

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