Articular-sided rotator cuff tears: Which is the best repair? A three-year prospective randomised controlled trial

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1487-1493

  Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Papalia, Rocco ^a   Del Buono, Angelo ^a   Vasta, Sebastiano ^a   Costa, Vincenzo ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b,c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR SIDED PARTIAL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF TEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84881218650     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1882-9     Document Type: Article

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