Magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance arthrography and ultrasonography for assessing rotator cuff tears in people with shoulder pain for whom surgery is being considered

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lenza, Mário ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b   Takwoingi, Yemisi ^c   Johnston, Renea V ^b   Hanchard, Nigel C A ^d   Faloppa, Flávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ARTHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PAIN; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON TEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; INJURY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84899467424     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009020.pub2     Document Type: Review

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