Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Using a Triple-Loaded Suture Anchor and a Modified Mason-Allen Technique (Alex Stitch)

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440.e1-440.e4

  Castagna, Alessandro ^a   Garofalo, Raffaele ^a   Conti, Marco ^a   Borroni, Mario ^a   Snyder, Stephen J ^b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alex stitch; Footprint; Modified Mason Allen technique; Rotator cuff repair; Shoulder; Triple loaded suture anchor

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ALEX STITCH; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MODIFIED MASON ALLEN TECHNIQUE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34047242088     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.046     Document Type: Article

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