Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Orthopaedics.1.004
Editorial Commentary for In Throwers with Posterior Instability, Rotator Cuff Tears are Common but Do Not Affect Surgical Outcomes
Andrew J. Sheean1,*, James P. Bradley2
- 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
- 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Burke and Bradley Orthopedics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Corresponding Author
Andrew Sheean, ajsheean@gmail.com
Received Date: May 15, 2020
Accepted Date: June 08, 2020
Sheean AJ, Bradley JP. Editorial Commentary for In Throwers with Posterior Instability, Rotator Cuff Tears are Common but Do Not Affect Surgical Outcomes. Arch Orthop. 2020; 1(1): 14-16.
Copyright: © 2020 Sheean AJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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