Arthroscopic management of massive rotator cuff tears: an evaluation of debridement, complete, and partial repair with and without force couple restoration

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3828-3837

  Heuberer, Philipp R ^a   Kölblinger, Roman ^a   Buchleitner, Stefan ^a   Pauzenberger, Leo ^a   Laky, Brenda ^a   Auffarth, Alexander ^b   Moroder, Philipp ^b   Salem, Sylvia ^a   Kriegleder, Bernhard ^a   Anderl, Werner ^a  

^a St Vincent's Hospital   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Complete repair; Debridement; Force couple; Massive rotator cuff tear; Partial repair

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; TENODESIS; TENOTOMY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938812379     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3739-9     Document Type: Article

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