Contact area and pressure in suture bridge rotator cuff repair using knotless lateral anchors

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1788-1793

  Tompkins, Marc ^a   Monchik, Keith O ^a   Plante, Matthew J ^a   Fleming, Braden C ^a   Fadale, Paul D ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact area; Contact pressure; Knotless anchor; Rotator cuff repair; Suture bridge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 80052886553     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1478-0     Document Type: Article

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