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Massive rotator cuff tears: diagnosis and treatment techniques

Volume 37 · Issue Supplement 1 · January 2003 Publish Date: March 1, 2020
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Ahmet EKİN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı
Cem ÖZCAN
SSK Buca Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği
EKİN, A., & ÖZCAN, C. (2020). Massive rotator cuff tears: diagnosis and treatment techniques. Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 37(Supplement 1), 87–92. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1739
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Abstract

The treatment of the massive rotator cufftears presents challenging difficulties. Re-rupture after treatment may be frequently seen, along with it muscular degeneration, leading to insufficient clinical results. There is still controversy as to whether conservative or surgical treatment methods will be more appropriate for massive and partial tears. This article aimed to to provide an update on the diagnosis and treatment of massive rotator cufftears .

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Journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Volume / Issue Volume 37 · Issue Supplement 1 · January 2003
Pages 87-92
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Published Online March 1, 2020
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Ahmet EKİN
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı
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Cem ÖZCAN
SSK Buca Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği
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EKİN, A., & ÖZCAN, C. (2020). Massive rotator cuff tears: diagnosis and treatment techniques. Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 37(Supplement 1), 87–92. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1739
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