Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer for irreparable rotator cuff tears: A modified technique to improve tendon transfer integrity

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1924-1931

  Moursy, Mohamed ^a   Forstner, Rosemarie ^b   Koller, Heiko ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON TRANSFER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 68349156143     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00515     Document Type: Article

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