Tendon-bone contact pressure and biomechanical evaluation of a modified suture-bridge technique for rotator cuff repair

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 992-998

  Baums, Mike H ^a   Geyer, Michael ^b   Büschken, Meike ^a   Buchhorn, Gottfried H ^a   Spahn, Gunter ^c   Klinger, Hans Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

^c Clinic of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact pressure; Rotator cuff repair; Sheep shoulder; Suture bridge

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953917533     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0941-7     Document Type: Article

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