Transfer of the latissimus dorsi as a salvage procedure for failed debridement and attempted repair of massive rotator cuff tears

Orthopedics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 943-949

  Pearsall IV, Albert W ^a   Madanagopal, Sudhakar G ^a   Karas, Spero G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FASCIA LATA; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; SALVAGE THERAPY; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349065188     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20071101-19     Document Type: Article

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