Age and gender as determinants of the bone quality of the greater tuberosity: A HR-pQCT cadaver study

BACKGROUND: Age-dependent trabecular changes of the humeral head might weaken the fixation of suture anchors used for rotator cuff (RC) repair. This might lead to suture anchor loosening and thus compromise the integrity of the repair. The aim of this study was to analyze whether the trabecular micr...

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Autores principales: Kirchhoff, Chlodwig, Braunstein, Volker, Milz, Stefan, Sprecher, Christoph M, Kirchhoff, Sonja, Graw, Mathias, Imhoff, Andreas B, Hinterwimmer, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-221