Irreparable rotator cuff tears: What to do and when to do it; the surgeon's dilemma

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2294-2302

  Dines, David M ^a   Moynihan, Daniel P ^b   Dines, Joshua S ^c   McCann, Peter ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON TRANSFER; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33749565529     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200610000-00025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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