Tendon-grasping strength of various suture configurations for rotator cuff repair

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1749-1754

  Hapa, Onur ^a,b,f   Barber, F Alan ^c   Sünbüloǧlu, Emin ^d   Kocabey, Yavuz ^e   Sarkalkan, N ^d   Baysal, Gökhan ^d  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Plano Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Izmit Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

^f NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Double mattress stitch; Lasso loop; Mason Allen; Rotator cuff repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052870740     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1322-y     Document Type: Article

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