Surgical release of the internal obturator tendon for the treatment of retro-trochanteric pain syndrome: A prospective randomized study, with long-term follow-up

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1249-1256

  Meknas, Khaled ^a,b   Kartus, Jüri ^c   Letto, Jan Inge ^a   Christensen, Anders ^a   Johansen, Oddmund ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NU Hospital Organisation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal obturator muscle; Piriformis; Radiology; Retro trochanteric pain syndrome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDON;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS;

EID: 70350273378     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0787-z     Document Type: Article

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