Rotator Cuff repair with bioabsorbable screws: An in vivo and ex vivo investigation

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Cummins, Craig A ^a,c   Strickland, Sabrina ^b   Appleyard, Richard C ^a   Szomor, Zoltan L ^a   Marshall, Jeanette ^a   Murrell, George A C ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Research Institute   (Australia)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Lake Cook Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchors; Bioabsorbable; Biomechanical; Load to failure; Ovine infraspinatus model; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037335039     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50013     Document Type: Article

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