AAOS appropriate use criteria: Optimizing the management of full- Thickness rotator cuff tears

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 772-775

  Pappou, Ioannis P ^a   Schmidt, Christopher C ^b   Jarrett, Claudius D ^c   Steen, Brandon M ^a   Frankle, Mark A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; STANDARDS; TENDON INJURIES;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84892375862     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-21-12-772     Document Type: Article

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