Biomechanical evaluation of different suture techniques for arthroscopic transtibial pull-out repair of posterior medial meniscus root tears

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2784-2790

  Feucht, Matthias J ^a,b   Grande, Eduardo ^a   Brunhuber, Johannes ^a   Burgkart, Rainer ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a   Braun, Sepp ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomechanical testing; biomechanics; knee; Mason Allen; meniscus; meniscus root; pull out repair; root tear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MASON-ALLEN; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCUS ROOT; PULL-OUT REPAIR; ROOT TEAR; RUPTURE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE; MASON-ALLEN; MENISCUS; MENISCUS ROOT; PULL-OUT REPAIR; ROOT TEAR;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; KNEE INJURIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84889074074     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513502464     Document Type: Article

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