Risk of glove perforation with arthroscopic knot tying using different surgical gloves and highetensile strength sutures

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1552-1558

  Martinez, Adriana ^a   Han, Yung ^a   Sardar, Zeeshan M ^a   Beckman, Lorne ^b   Steffen, Thomas ^b   Miller, Bruce S ^c   Martineau, Paul A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; SUTURE MATERIAL;

AERATION; ARTHROSCOPIC KNOT TYING; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONDUCTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION STUDY; FINGER INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERFORATION; SHOULDER SURGERY; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL GLOVE PERFORATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ARTHROSCOPY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SUTURING METHOD;

ARTHROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; LATEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84891724708     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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