Initial repair strengths of two methods for acute medial collateral ligament injuries of the elbow

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 612-616

  Pichora, James E ^a,b   Furukawa, Keizo ^c   Ferreira, Louis M ^a,b   Faber, Kenneth J ^a,b   Johnson, James A ^a,b   King, Graham J W ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elbow; Ligament; Repair; Strength

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SUTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34248329631     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20353     Document Type: Article

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