Meniscal repair using large diameter horizontal sutures increases fixation strength: An in vitro study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-206

  Kocabey, Yavuz ^a   Taşer, Ömer ^b   Hapa, Onur ^c   Güçlü, Aycan ^d   Bozdag, Ergun ^e   Sünbüloglu, Emin ^e   Doral, MahmutNedim ^f  

^a Kocaeli Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Horizontal suture; Meniscus; Suture diameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751580675     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1203-4     Document Type: Article

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