Arthroscopic transtendon suture-bridge technique for concurrent articular- and bursal-side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1485-1488

  Kim, Kyung Cheon ^a,b   Rhee, Kwang Jin ^a   Shin, Hyun Dae ^a   Kim, Dong Kyu ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rotator cuff; Suture bridge technique; Transtendon technique

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD;

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

EID: 70649111466     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0827-8     Document Type: Article

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