The pathogenesis and surgical treatment of tears of the rotator cuff

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 827-832

  Rees, J L ^a,b  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPIC SUBACROMIAL DECOMPRESSION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGEON; TENDON SUTURE; TENOTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 47549098599     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B7.19874     Document Type: Review

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