Residents who were involved in this study showed a trend of mistaking partial-thickness rotator cuff tears for normal or full-thickness rotator cuff tears, which is similar to the results of a study by Murphy et al. 24) The mistaken identification of a partial-thickness tear as either normal or as a full-thickness tear led to decreased diagnostic accuracy in US examination among novice examiners in our study.
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Detection of Rotator Cuff Tears by Ultrasound: How Many Scans Do Novices Need to Be Competent?
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