Ease of tying arthroscopic knots

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-442

  Baumgarten, Keith M ^a   Wright, Rick W ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ORTHOPEDICS; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34447574632     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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