Biomechanical comparison of four double-row speed-bridging rotator cuff repair techniques with or without medial or lateral row enhancement

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2090-2097

  Pauly, Stephan ^a   Fiebig, David ^a   Kieser, Bettina ^a   Albrecht, Bjoern ^b   Schill, Alexander ^a   Scheibel, Markus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double row repair; Knotless; Medial row; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE ANCHOR; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROTATOR CUFF; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE;

EID: 81155137814     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1517-x     Document Type: Article

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