Medicolegal aspects of the orthopaedic care for shoulder injuries

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 433, Issue , 2005, Pages 58-64

  Higgins, Laurence D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; NAPROXEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LAW SUIT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844364789     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000159894.86946.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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