Subacromial Internal Spacer for Rotator Cuff Tendon Repair: "The Balloon Technique"

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 921-924

  Kilinc, Alexandre S ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad H ^a   Lafosse, Laurent ^a  

^a Alps Surgery Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Double row; Rotator cuff repair; Shoulder; Supraspinatus; Technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; DELTOID MUSCLE; HUMAN; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTHROSCOPY; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETERIZATION; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 67949098380     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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