Protocol for the United Kingdom rotator cuff study (UKUFF): A randomised controlled trial of open and arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Bone and Joint Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 155-160

  Carr, A J ^b   Rees, J L ^b   Ramsay, C R ^b   Fitzpatrick, R ^b   Gray, A ^b   Moser, J ^b   Dawson, J ^b   Bruhn, H ^a,c   Cooper, C D ^b   Beard, D J ^b   Campbell, M K ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Services Research Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Surgery; Tears; Tendon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984870928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20463758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.35.2000270     Document Type: Article

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