Load to Failure Testing of New Meniscal Repair Devices

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Barber, F Alan ^a   Herbert, Morley A ^b   Richards, David P ^a  

^a Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^b Naveen Jindal School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

All inside repair; Dart; FasT Fix; Meniscus repair; RapidLoc; Screw

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE SURGERY; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCAL REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0346059669     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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