Partial-thickness articular surface rotator cuff tears: An all-inside repair technique

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1514-1520

  Spencer Jr , Edwin E ^a  

^a Shoulder and Elbow Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; PARTIAL THICKNESS ARTICULAR SURFACE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952466992     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-1215-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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