Reattachment of the distal tendon of biceps: Factors affecting the failure strength of the repair

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Kettler, M ^a,b   Tingart, M J ^a,c   Lunger, J ^a,b   Kuhn, V ^a,d  

^a Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^b Redcross Hospital Munich   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON SUTURE; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749137413     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B1.19285     Document Type: Article

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