Is rotator cuffrepair appropriate in patients older than 60years of age? Prospective, randomised trial in 103 patients with a mean four-year follow-up

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2014, Pages S333-S338

  Jacquot, A ^a   Dezaly, C ^a   Goetzmann, T ^a   Roche, O ^a   Sirveaux, F ^a   Mole D ^a  

^a Centre chirurgical Emile Galle   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Acromioplasty; Biceps tenotomy; Cufftear arthropathy; Rotator cuff; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SUTURE; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; AGE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGERY; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDONS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937567543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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