Functional outcome and structural integrity following mini-open repair of large and massive rotator cuff tears: A 3-5 year follow-up study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Papadopoulos, Pericles ^a   Karataglis, Dimitrios ^a   Boutsiadis, Achilleas ^a   Fotiadou, Anastasia ^b   Christoforidis, John ^a   Christodoulou, Anastasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case Series; Level IV; Mini open repair; Rotator cuff tear; Structural integrity; Treatment Study; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649814621     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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