Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: A biomechanical comparison of the suture-bridge technique vs. a new transosseous technique using SutureButtons®

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 910-916

  Tauber, Mark ^a,c   Hoffelner, Thomas ^a   Penzkofer, Rainer ^b   Koller, Heiko ^a   Zenner, Juliane ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^c   Moroder, Philipp ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rotator cuff repair transosseous; Suture bridge; Transosseous equivalent arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CYCLIC DISPLACEMENTS; GAP FORMATION; LINEAR STIFFNESS; MEAN AGES; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR - TRANSOSSEOUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURE-BRIDGE; TRANSOSSEOUS-EQUIVALENT - ARTHROSCOPY; ULTIMATE LOADS; YIELD LOAD;

ANCHORS; BIOMECHANICS; ROTATION; STIFFNESS;

REPAIR;

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE BRIDGE TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TRANSOSSEOUS TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80053899482     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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