Biomechanical analysis of the effect of varying suture pitch in tendon graft fixation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 734-737

  Jassem, Muhammed ^a   Rose, Alexander T ^a   Meister, Keith ^a,b   Indelicato, Peter A ^a   Wheeler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0035161656     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465010290061101     Document Type: Article

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