Partial repair of irreparable supraspinatus tendon tears: Clinical and radiographic evaluations at long-term follow-up

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1170-1177

  Porcellini, Giuseppe ^a   Castagna, Alessandro ^b   Cesari, Eugenio ^a   Merolla, Giovanni ^a   Pellegrini, Andrea ^a   Paladini, Paolo ^a  

^a Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic surgery; Case Series; Level IV; Partial rotator cuff repair; Supraspinatus atrophy; Treatment Study

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACROMION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053053263     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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