Single anterior incision suture anchor technique for distal biceps tendon ruptures

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 767-770

  Kobayashi, Ky ^a   Bruno, Roderick J ^a   Cassidy, Charles ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SYNOSTOSIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SUTURE;

ARM INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0041421060     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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