Load to failure of common meniscal repair techniques: Effects of suture technique and suture material

Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-736

  Post, William R ^a,b   Akers, Scott R ^a   Kish, Vincent ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Load to failure; Meniscal repair; Meniscus; Suture material; Suture technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031469372     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(97)90008-6     Document Type: Article

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