Fatty degeneration of the rotator cuff muscles on pre- and postoperative CT arthrography (CTA): Is the Goutallier grading system reliable?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1259-1267

  Lee, Eugene ^a,b   Choi, Jung Ah ^a,b   Oh, Joo Han ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^a   Hong, Sung Hwan ^b   Chai, Jee Won ^c   Kang, Heung Sik ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthrography; Computed tomography; Fatty degeneration; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOUTALLIER GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF MUSCLE FATTY DEGENERATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TERES MINOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84881112709     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1660-1     Document Type: Article

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