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Fixation of acute distal biceps tendon ruptures using mitek anchors: a retrospective study

M Al-Taher1, Diederick B Wouters2

  • 1Maastricht University Medical Center, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The Open Orthopaedics Journal
|April 18, 2014
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Keywords:
Bone anchorsDASH scoreMitek anchorsdistal biceps tendon rupturessingle incision techniquesurgical treatment.

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