Tenotomy or tenodesis for long head biceps lesions in shoulders with reparable rotator cuff tears: a prospective randomised trial

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 464-469

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Zhou, Jiaojiao ^a,b   Ge, Heng’an ^a,b   Cheng, Biao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Long head of the biceps tendon; Rotator cuff; Tenodesis; Tenotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84925498136     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2587-8     Document Type: Article

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