A biomechanical comparison of EndoButton versus suture anchor repair of distal biceps tendon injuries

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Spang, Jeffrey T ^a   Weinhold, Paul S ^a   Karas, Spero G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 33745764296     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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