Arthroscopic single-row modified mason-allen repair versus double-row suture bridge reconstruction for supraspinatus tendon tears: A matched-pair analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2777-2785

  Gerhardt, Christian ^a   Hug, Konstantin ^a   Pauly, Stephan ^a   Marnitz, Tim ^a   Scheibel, Markus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

arthroscopic repair; double row repair; rotator cuff tear; single row repair

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870611243     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512462123     Document Type: Article

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