A comparison of early versus delayed repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1766-1770

  Hantes, Michael E ^a   Karidakis, Georgios K ^a   Vlychou, Mariana ^a   Varitimidis, Sokratis ^a   Dailiana, Zoe ^a   Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delayed repair; Early repair; Shoulder function; Traumatic rotator cuff tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052877951     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1396-1     Document Type: Article

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