Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in patients older than 60 years

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Rebuzzi, Enrico ^a,b   Coletti, Nicolò ^a   Schiavetti, Stefano ^a   Giusto, Fernando ^a  

^a Oper Unit of Orthopaedics at Oderzo   (Italy)

^b Pordenone Italy ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Rotator cuff repair; Rotator cuff tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SATISFACTION; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 11844271559     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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