Surgical repair of the distal biceps brachii tendon: A comparative study of three surgical fixation techniques

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1936-1941

  Citak, Mustafa ^a   Backhaus, Manuel ^a   Seybold, Dominik ^a   Suero, Eduardo M ^b   Schildhauer, Thomas A ^a   Roetman, Bernd ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

DASH score; Distal biceps tendon rupture; Surgical treatment, outcome, single incision technique; Two incision technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPTURE; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054103867     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1591-0     Document Type: Article

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