Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair [the UK rotator cuff surgery (UKUFF) randomised trial]

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 80, 2015, Pages 1-217

  Carr, Andrew J ^a   Cooper, Cushla D ^a   Campbell, Marion K ^b   Rees, Jonathan L ^a   Moser, Jane ^a   Beard, David J ^a   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^a   Gray, Alastair ^a   Dawson, Jill ^a   Murphy, Jacqueline ^a   Bruhn, Hanne ^b   Cooper, David ^b   Ramsay, Craig R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD SHOULDER SCORE; PARALLEL DESIGN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGEON; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84944613918     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta19800     Document Type: Article

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