Arthroscopic Latissimus Dorsi Transfer

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1243.e1-1243.e4

  Gervasi, Enrico ^a   Causero, Araldo ^b   Parodi, Pier Camillo ^b   Raimondo, Diego ^b   Tancredi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic; Latissimus dorsi; Repair; Rotator cuff; Tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON SUTURE; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 35648931495     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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