An independent learning method for orthopaedic surgeons performing shoulder ultrasound to identify full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-272

  Murphy, Richard James ^a   Daines, Michael Todd ^a   Carr, Andrew Jonathan ^a   Rees, Jonathan Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF FULL THICKNESS TEAR; ROTATOR CUFF PARTIAL THICKNESS TEAR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY;

EID: 84873895048     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00706     Document Type: Article

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