Initial achilles tendon repair strength - Synthesized biomechanical data from 196 cadaver repairs

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1947-1951

  Sadoghi, Patrick ^a,b   Rosso, Claudio ^c,d   Valderrabano, Victor ^c   Leithner, Andreas ^b   Vavken, Patrick ^a,e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866736741     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1533-6     Document Type: Article

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