Biomechanical Analysis of an Ovine Rotator Cuff Repair via Porous Patch Augmentation in a Chronic Rupture Model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 679-686

  Santoni, Brandon G ^a   McGilvray, Kirk C ^a   Lyons, Amy S ^a   Bansal, Manjula ^b   Turner, A Simon ^c   MacGillivray, John D ^d   Coleman, Struan H ^d   Puttlitz, Christian M ^a  

^a Sci Hlth Syst Drexel U   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; chronic model; polyurethane patch; rotator cuff repair

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; IMPLANT; PLASTIC SURGERY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHEEP; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYURETHANES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHEEP; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954702299     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510366866     Document Type: Article

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