Is acromioplasty of benefit for rotator cuff repair?

Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-37

  Singh, Chintanpreet ^a   Lam, Patrick H ^a   Murrell, George A C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Research and Education Building   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acromioplasty; Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair; Impingement; Subacromial decompression; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROTATOR CUFF; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922682508     PISSN: 15239896     EISSN: 1539591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTE.0000000000000047     Document Type: Article

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