Postoperative stiff shoulder after open rotator cuff repair: A 3- to 20-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-270

  Vastamaki H ^a   Vastamaki M ^a  

^a ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Factors; Frozen shoulder; Outcome; Postoperative; Repair; Rotator cuff tear; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURIES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84925144061     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: 17997267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913514383     Document Type: Article

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