Initial stability of two different adhesives compared to suture repair for acute Achilles tendon rupture - A biomechanical evaluation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 627-632

  Schneppendahl, Johannes ^a   Thelen, Simon ^a   Schek, Alberto ^a   Bala, Ioana ^a   Hakimi, Mohssen ^a   Grassmann, Jan Peter ^a   Eichler, Christian ^b   Windolf, Joachim ^a   Wild, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FROZEN SECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; TENDON SUTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; RUPTURE; SHEEP; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84859161949     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1357-9     Document Type: Article

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