Biomechanical evaluation of four different transosseous-equivalent/suture bridge rotator cuff repairs

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1582-1587

  Maguire, Michael ^a   Goldberg, Jerome ^b   Bokor, Desmond ^c   Bertollo, Nicky ^a   Pelletier, Matthew Henry ^a   Harper, Wade ^d   Walsh, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Orthosports   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Double row; Footprint; Knot; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Suture bridge

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 80051939303     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1436-x     Document Type: Article

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