Biomechanical analysis of a knotless transtendon interimplant mattress repair for partial-thickness articular-sided rotator cuff tears

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2427-2434

  Park, Maxwell C ^a   Jun, Bong J ^b   Park, Chong J ^c   Oh, Joo H ^d   Lee, Thay Q ^b  

^a WOODLAND HILLS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Knotless; Partial thickness rotator cuff; Suture bridge; Transtendon

Indexed keywords

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS;

EID: 73249117237     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340227     Document Type: Article

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