Arthroscopic suture tying: A comparison of knot types and suture materials

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 348-352

  Lee, Thay Q ^a,b   Matsuura, Peter A ^a,b   Fogolin, Robert P ^a,b   Lin, Alvin C ^a,b   Kim, Doran ^a,b   McMahon, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic knots; Biomechanics; Suture types

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE;

EID: 0035324086     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.23227     Document Type: Article

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