A Prospective Therapeutic Comparison of Simple Suture Repairs to Massive Cuff Stitch Repairs for Treatment of Small- and Medium-Sized Rotator Cuff Tears

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ko, Sang Hun ^a   Friedman, Darren ^b   Seo, Dong Kyo ^a   Jun, Hyung Min ^a   Warner, Jon J P ^b  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Massive cuff stitch; Shoulder; Simple stitch; Small sized to medium sized full thickness rotator cuff tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 66149162915     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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