Repair of soft tissue to bone using a biodegradable suture anchor

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1051-1055

  Ono, Kozo ^b   Williams, Gerald R ^b   Clem, Michael ^b   Chong Hwa, James Lee ^b   Wirth, Michael A ^b   Aufdemorte, Thomas B ^b   Groh, Gordon I ^a   Rockwood Jr , Charles A ^b  

^a Blue Ridge Bone and Joint Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CLIP; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE REPAIR; VALGUS DEFORMITY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GLYCOLATES; INFLAMMATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; POLYMERS; RABBITS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030722253     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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