Transfer of pectoralis major for the treatment of irreparable tears of subscapularis: Does it work?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1059-1065

  Elhassan, B ^a,b   Ozbaydar, M ^a,c   Massimini, D ^a,d   Diller, D ^a   Higgins, L ^a,e   Warner, J J P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Okmeydani Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53649090364     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B8.20659     Document Type: Article

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