A modified Mason-Allen technique for rotator cuff repair using suture anchors

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-333

  Scheibel, Markus Thomas ^a   Habermeyer, Peter ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Modified Mason Allen technique; Rotator cuff repair; Suture anchor technique

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE; HUMAN; MUSCLE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037336377     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50079     Document Type: Article

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