Arthroscopic suture material and knot type an updated biomechanical analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1578-1585

  Swan Jr , Kenneth G ^a   Baldini, Todd ^a   McCarty, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic knots; Polyblend; Sutures

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 70449716030     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509332816     Document Type: Article

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