Structure of retracted tendons after staged repair following continuous traction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2131-2137

  Farshad, Mazda ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a   Snedeker, Jess G ^a   Frauenfelder, Thomas ^b   Meyer, Dominik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous traction; Re lengthening; Retraction; Rotator cuff; Sheep; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TRACTION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TRACTION;

EID: 81155135071     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1430-3     Document Type: Article

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