Latissimus dorsi tendon transfer for treatment of irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears: Long-term results at a minimum follow-up of ten years

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1920-1926

  Gerber, Christian ^a   Rahm, Stefan A ^a   Catanzaro, Sabrina ^a   Farshad, Mazda ^a   Moor, Beat K ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTANT SCORE; DEBRIDEMENT; DYSESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; STRENGTH; SUBJECTIVE SHOULDER VALUE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; TENDON TRANSFER; TERES MINOR MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; FEMALE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; TREATMENT OUTCOME; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891587309     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00122     Document Type: Article

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