Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 10 , Pages 1093-1100 , October 2009

Rotator Cuff Integrity After Arthroscopic Repair for Large Tears With Less-Than-Optimal Footprint Coverage

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, San Diego, California, April 30-May 3, 2009.

  • Jae Chul Yoo, M.D.
    • ,
  • Jin Hwan Ahn, M.D.
    • ,
  • Kyoung Hwan Koh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Kyoung Hwan Koh, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
    • ,
  • Kyung Sub Lim, M.D.

Received 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 8 July 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00609-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.07.010

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 10 , Pages 1093-1100 , October 2009

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