Association of osteopenia of the humeral head with full-thickness rotator cuff tears

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-337

  Meyer, Dominik C ^a   Fucentese, Sandro F ^a   Koller, Bruno ^b   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Scanco Medical ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CANCELLOUS BONE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1942532792     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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