Clinical and radiographic outcomes of failed repairs of large or massive rotator cuff tears: Minimum ten-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 627-632

  Paxton, E Scott ^a   Teefey, Sharlene A ^a   Dahiya, Nirvikar ^a   Keener, Jay D ^a   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a   Galatz, Leesa M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON TRANSFER; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHROSCOPY; DISABILITY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878255157     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00255     Document Type: Article

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