Treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears by latissimus dorsi muscle transfer

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 667-671

  Degreef, Ilse ^a   Debeer, Philippe ^a   Van Herck, Bert ^a   Van Den Eeden, Els ^a   Peers, Koen ^a   De Smet, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Latissimus dorsi transfer; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SPLINT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30644474916     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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