Advancing Suture Technology: A Stitch in Time

Seminars in Arthroplasty JSES

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-181

  Lombardi, Adolph V ^a,b,c,d   Berend, Keith R ^a,b,d   Adams, Joanne B ^a  

^a Joint Implant Surgeons Inc   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

^d MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional barbed suture; Closure time; Hip arthroplasty; Knee arthroplasty; Knotless suture; Wound closure; Wound tissue reaction

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 80054783416     PISSN: 10454527     EISSN: 15584437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sart.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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