Repair of distal biceps tendon ruptures using a combined anatomic interference screw and cortical button

Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Mazzocca, Augustus D ^a   Bicos, James ^a   Arciero, Robert A ^a   Romeo, Anthony A ^b   Cohen, Mark S ^b   Nicholson, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; OSSIFICATION; REVIEW; SYNOSTOSIS; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 18844412394     PISSN: 15239896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bte.0000160547.61893.79     Document Type: Review

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