Latissimus dorsi transfer for the treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Gerber, Christian ^a   Maquieira, Gerardo ^a   Espinosa, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE;

EID: 30344437299     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00282     Document Type: Article

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