Surgical treatment of confirmed intratendinous rotator cuff tears: Retrospective analysis after an average of eight years of follow-up

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 837-846

  Uchiyama, Yoshiyasu ^a   Hamada, Kazutoshi ^b   Khruekarnchana, Pairoj ^c   Handa, Akiyoshi ^a   Nakajima, Tomotaka ^d   Shimpuku, Eiji ^a   Fukuda, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Occupational Therapy for Hakone National Hospital   (Japan)

^c RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d Nakajima Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acromioplasty; Case Series; Clinical results; Intratendinous rotator cuff tear; Level IV; Long term follow up; Open procedure; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955774057     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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