Rotator cuff repair in patients over 70 years of age: Early outcomes and risk factors associated with re-tear

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 95 B, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-205

  Robinson, P M ^a   Wilson, J ^b   Dalal, S ^c   Parker, R A ^d   Norburn, P ^e   Roy, B R ^e  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b North West Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; DYNAMOMETER; LIMB POSITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYETHYLENE SUTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSDUCER; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OPSITE;

EID: 84874094779     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B2.30246     Document Type: Article

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