Use of Suture Anchors and New Suture Materials in the Upper Extremity

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-518

  Park, Min Jung ^a   Shin, Steven S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KERLAN JOBE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchor; Bio absorbable; Suture

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYDIOXANONE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; STAINLESS STEEL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SUTURE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMANS; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84867925323     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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