Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with and without acromioplasty in the treatment of full-thickness rotator cuff tears: A multicenter, randomized controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 1953-1960

  MacDonald, Peter ^a   McRae, Sheila ^a   Leiter, Jeffrey ^a   Mascarenhas, Randy ^a   Lapner, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755184713     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00488     Document Type: Article

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