Arthroscopic management of subscapularis tears

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-341

  Denard, Patrick J ^a   Lädermann, Alexandre ^a   Burkhart, Stephen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

arthroscopic subscapularis repair; bear hug; comma sign; coracoplasty; subcoracoid; Subscapularis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BIOMECHANICS; CORACOHUMERAL LIGAMENT; CORACOPLASTY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; JOINT CAVITY; LIGAMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCORACOID SPACE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUBSCAPULARIS TEAR; SUPERIOR GLENOHUMERAL LIGAMENT; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENODESIS;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855228643     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31822d41c6     Document Type: Review

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