The distal triceps tendon footprint and a biomechanical analysis of 3 repair techniques

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1025-1033

  Yeh, Peter C ^a   Stephens, Kelly T ^b   Solovyova, Olga ^b   Obopilwe, Elifho ^b   Smart, Lawson R ^c   Mazzocca, Augustus D ^c   Sethi, Paul M ^b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Footprint; Olecranon; Suture bridge; Tendon ruptures; Triceps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 77952708950     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509358319     Document Type: Article

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