The Interval Slide in Continuity: A Method of Mobilizing the Anterosuperior Rotator Cuff Without Disrupting the Tear Margins

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-441

  Lo, Ian K Y ^a   Burkhart, Stephen S ^a,b,c  

^a Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coracohumeral ligament; Interval slide in continuity; Rotator cuff tear; Rotator interval

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 2142827097     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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