A Novel Transosseous Button Technique for Rotator Cuff Repair

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1074-1077

  Fox, Michael P ^a,b   Auffarth, Alexander ^b   Tauber, Mark ^b   Hartmann, Andreas ^b   Resch, Herbert ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Footprint; Rotator cuff button; Rotator cuff repair; Transosseous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON; TRANSOSSEOUS ROTATOR CUFF BUTTON;

ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 49949109967     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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