The quadrant technique for arthroscopic treatment of rotator cuff calcifications

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-3

  Ogon, Peter ^a   Ogon, Michael ^b   Jäger, Alwin ^c  

^a Priv Pract in Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; Calcifying tendinitis; Rotator cuff; Shoulder arthroscopy; Subacromial arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845958559     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.20668     Document Type: Article

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