The Roman Bridge: A "double pulley-suture bridges" technique for rotator cuff repair

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Longo, Giuseppe Umile ^a   Ruzzini, Laura ^a   Rizzello, Giacomo ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DOUBLE PULLEY SUTURE; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON; TISSUE REPAIR; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS;

EID: 38949083212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-123     Document Type: Article

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