Treatment of ligament laxity by electrothermal shrinkage or surgical plication: A morphologic and mechanical comparison

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Hill, Adam M ^a   Jones, Ioan T ^a   Hansen, Ulrich ^a   Suri, Amrita ^a   Sandison, Ann ^b   Moss, Jill ^a   Wallace, Andrew L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREEP TEST; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT SURGERY; LIGAMENT LAXITY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROTHERMAL SHRINKAGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PLICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RABBITS;

EID: 33846235892     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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