Disability and satisfaction after Rotator Cuff decompression or repair: A sex and gender analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Razmjou, Helen ^a,b   Davis, Aileen M ^b,c   Jaglal, Susan B ^b   Holtby, Richard ^a,b   Richards, Robin R ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF; AGED; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROTATOR CUFF; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79953243587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-66     Document Type: Article

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