Security of knots tied with ethibond, fiberwire, orthocord, or ultrabraid

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2407-2414

  Ilahi, Omer A ^a   Younas, Shiraz A ^a   Ho, David M ^a   Noble, Phillip C ^b  

^a Texas Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b Institute of Orthopedic Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided suture; Cyclic loading; Knot height; Knot security

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPIC KNOT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTHROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 56249099683     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508323745     Document Type: Article

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