Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears: A systematic review

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-437

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Franceschetti, Edoardo ^a   Petrillo, Stefano ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arthroscopy; Latissimus dorsi; rotator cuff tears; shoulder; sport; transfer

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOHUMERAL DISTANCE; ACROMION; ACROMIOPLASTY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCISION; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE LESION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON TRANSFER; MASSIVE IRREPARABLE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER SURGERY; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE LESION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; TERES MINOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855221330     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3182390639     Document Type: Review

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