Arthroscopic Repair of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears With Stage 3 and 4 Fatty Degeneration

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Burkhart, Stephen S ^a,b   Barth, Johannes R H ^b   Richards, David P ^c   Zlatkin, Michael B ^d,e   Larsen, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

^c Arizona Institute for Bone & Joint Disorders   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e National Musculoskeletal Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty degeneration; Fatty infiltration; Rotator cuff; Rotator cuff tear; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTANT SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOUTALLIER SCALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; JOINT MOBILITY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATTY DEGENERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UCLA SCORE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34047138811     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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