Arthroscopic treatment of painful snapping of the scapula by using a new superior portal

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 608-612

  Pavlik, Attila ^a   Ang, Kian ^b   Coghlan, Jennifer ^c   Bell, Simon ^c,d  

^a National Institute for Sports Medicine   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Melbourne Shoulder and Elbow Centre   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Scapulothoracic arthroscopy; Shoulder pain; Snapping scapula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 0038724546     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(03)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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