Suture anchors and tacks for shoulder surgery, part 1: Biology and biomechanics

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1918-1923

  McFarland, Edward G ^a,b   Park, Hyung Bin ^a   Keyurapan, Ekavit ^a   Gill, Harpreet S ^a   Selhi, Harpal S ^a   Henze, Elaine P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchors; Fixation; Instability; Labrum; Rotator cuff; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURE TACK; TENDON SURGERY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; SHOULDER JOINT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 28344452777     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505282621     Document Type: Review

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