The use of suture anchors in repair of the ruptured patellar tendon: A biomechanical study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1492-1499

  Bushnell, Brandon D ^a   Byram, Ian R ^a   Weinhold, Paul S ^a   Creighton, R Alex ^a  

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

Author keywords

Extensor mechanism; Patellar tendon repair; Suture anchors; Transpatellar tunnels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RUPTURE; SUTURE ANCHORS; TENODESIS;

EID: 33747227894     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506287489     Document Type: Article

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