Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , June 2009

Outcomes After Rotator Cuff Repair: Does Healing Matter?

  • Dara Chafik, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Ken Yamaguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ken Yamaguchi, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, Suite 11300 West Pavillion, One Barnes Hospital Plaza, St Louis, MO 63110

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doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2009.02.005

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 116-121 , June 2009

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