Biomechanical comparison of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) and PTFE interpositional patches and direct tendon-to-bone repair for massive rotator cuff tears in an ovine model

BACKGROUND: Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears are a difficult problem. Modalities such as irrigation and debridement, partial repair, tendon transfer and grafts have been utilized with high failure rates and mixed results. Synthetic interpositional patch repairs are a novel and increasingly use...

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Published in:Shoulder Elbow
Main Authors: McKeown, Andrew DJ, Beattie, Rebekah F, Murrell, George AC, Lam, Patrick H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2015
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Shoulder
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4935170/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27582997
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1758573215601815
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