Suture strength and angle of load application in a suture anchor eyelet

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1447-1451

  Deakin, Mark ^a   Stubbs, David ^a   Bruce, Warwick ^b   Goldberg, Jerome ^b   Gillies, Ronald M ^a   Walsh, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Orthosports   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anchor orientation; Bioabsorbable; Load to failure; Suture anchor; Suture material

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY; FORCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; ROTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 29244470266     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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