Superiority of bridging techniques with medial fixation on initial strength

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2559-2566

  Anderl, Werner ^a   Heuberer, Philipp R ^a   Laky, Brenda ^a   Kriegleder, Bernhard ^a   Reihsner, Roland ^b   Eberhardsteiner, Josef ^b  

^a St Vincent's Hospital   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Bridging techniques; Initial fixation strength; Rotator cuff repair; Single row, double row

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84870301102     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1922-9     Document Type: Article

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