Does double-row rotator cuff repair improve functional outcome of patients compared with single-row technique? A systematic review

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1176-1185

  Dehaan, Alexander M ^a   Axelrad, Thomas W ^a   Kaye, Elizabeth ^a   Silvestri, Lorenzo ^a   Puskas, Brian ^a   Foster, Timothy E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

double row repair; functional outcome measures; rotator cuff repair; single row repair; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM INJURIES; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860435051     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511428866     Document Type: Review

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