Significance of the internal locking mechanism for loop security enhancement in the arthroscopic knot

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 850-855

  Kim, Seung Ho ^a,b   Ha, Kwon Ick ^a,b   Kim, Sang Hyun ^a,b   Kim, Jung Sung ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic knot; Internal locking mechanism; Loop security; Slip knot; SMC knot

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035497430     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.25241     Document Type: Article

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