Failure characteristics of various arthroscopically tied knots

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 408, Issue , 2003, Pages 311-318

  Lieurance, Robert K ^a   Pflaster, Daniel S ^a   Abbott, Douglas ^a   Nottage, Wesley M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; ETHIBOND; KNOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SUTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037338592     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200303000-00042     Document Type: Article

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