Musculotendinous transfer as a treatment option for irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears: Teres major or latissimus dorsi?

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 919-923

  Buijze, G A ^a   Keereweer, S ^a   Jennings, Gavin ^b,d   Vorster, W ^c   Debeer, J ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Cape Shoulder Institute   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latissimus dorsi; Massive; Rotator cuff; Tear; Tendon transfer; Teres major

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 35948969231     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20547     Document Type: Article

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