Mechanical properties of newly developed loop ligament for connection between the EndoButton and hamstring tendons: Comparison with Ethibond sutures and EndoButton tape

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-181

  Uchio, Yuji ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^a   Sumen, Yoshio ^b   Adachi, Nobuo ^a   Kawasaki, Kenzo ^a   Iwasa, Junji ^a   Katsube, Kenichi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cruciate ligament; EndoButton; EndoButton tape; Ethibond; Loop ligament

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; TENDONS; TENSILE TESTING;

LOOP LIGAMENTS (LL);

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CATTLE; DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; ETHIBOND; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SUTURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 0036209640     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10125     Document Type: Article

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