Vascularity of the supraspinatus tendon three months after repair: Characterization using contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Gamradt, Seth C ^a   Gallo, Robert A ^b   Adler, Ronald S ^b   Maderazo, Alex ^b   Altchek, David W ^b   Warren, Russell F ^b   Fealy, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PERFLUTREN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SOFT TISSUE; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71649096574     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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