The rising incidence of rotator cuff repairs

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1628-1632

  Ensor, Kelsey L ^a   Kwon, Young W ^a   DiBeneditto, Michael R ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a   Rokito, Andrew S ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

CPT code; ICD code; Incidence; New York; RCR; Rotator cuff repair; SPARCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; SHOULDER SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CPT CODE; CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY; ICD CODE; INCIDENCE; LEVEL III; NEW YORK; RCR; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; SPARCS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887999230     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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