Arthroscopic sliding knot: How many additional half-hitches are really needed?

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-411

  Kim, Seung Ho ^a   Yoo, Jae Chul ^b   Wang, Joon Ho ^a   Choi, Kui Won ^c   Bae, Tae Soo ^c   Lee, Chang Yang ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Half hitch; Knot security; Knot holding capacity; Loop security; Sliding knot

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DUNCAN LOOP; FIELD KNOT; GIANT KNOT; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS TESTING; SLIDING KNOT; SMC KNOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 15944392291     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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