Repair of partial thickness rotator cuff tears: A retrospective review with minimum two-year follow-up

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-731

  Porat, Sharoun ^a   Nottage, Wesley M ^a   Fouse, Matthew N ^a  

^a Desert Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SELF EVALUATION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF;

EID: 51249090952     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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