Reversed arthroscopic subacromial decompression for symptomatic irreparable rotator cuff tears: Mid-term follow-up results in 34 shoulders

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-608

  Verhelst, Luk ^a   Vandekerckhove, Pieter Jan ^a   Sergeant, Gregory ^a   Liekens, Koen ^a   Van Hoonacker, Petrus ^a   Berghs, Bart ^a  

^a General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

38 months follow up; elderly patient; irreparable cuff tear; Reversed arthroscopic subacromial decompression

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; STEROID;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACROMION; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TIME;

ACROMION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952108511     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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