Treatment of the painful biceps tendon-Tenotomy or tenodesis?

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Lam, F ^a   Mok, D ^a  

^a EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biceps; Shoulder surgery; Tenodesis; Tenotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SUBLUXATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SURGERY; TENODESIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33750032288     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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