BACKGROUND All-soft tissue suture anchors provide advantages of decreased removal of bone and decreased glenoid volume occupied compared with traditional tap or screw-in suture anchors. Previous published data have led to biomechanical concerns with the use of first-generation all-soft suture anchors. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to evaluate the load to 2-mm displacement a...

The purpose of this study was to compare the gap formation during cyclic loading, maximum repair strength, and failure mode of single-row full-thickness supraspinatus repairs performed using 2 knotless suture anchors with differing internal suture-retention mechanisms in a human cadaver model. Nine matched pairs of cadaver shoulders were used. Full-thickness tears were induced by detaching the ...

Arthroscopic treatment of anterior shoulder instability has evolved significantly during the past decade. Currently, most techniques include the use of suture and suture anchors. A successful outcome is highly dependent on accurate patient selection. Preoperative evaluation, examination with the patient under anesthesia, and defining the pathoanatomy by a thorough arthroscopic examination deter...

There is an association between inflammatory bursitis with rice body formation and use of bioabsorbable suture anchors.

Recent work on whole genome alignment has resulted in efficient tools to locate (possibly) conserved regions of two genomic sequences. Most of such tools start with locating a set of short and highly similar substrings (called anchors) that are present in both genomes. These anchors provide clues for the conserved regions, and the effectiveness of the tools is highly related to the quality of t...

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors associated with the risk of articular surface perforation during anchor placement for arthroscopic acetabular labral repair using follow-up computed tomographic arthrography (CTA). Methods Forty-six patients (29 males and 17 females) underwent arthroscopic labral repair using 142 suture anchors (55 large anchors and 87 small anchors...

Anchors may exhibit various complicated behaviors in the seabed, especially for deepwater anchors including gravity installed (GIAs) and drag embedment plate (drag anchors), stimulating development of an efficient analytical tool that applies to a variety anchors. The present paper introduces unified model analyzing different anchor both clay sand, consisting concepts, mechanical models, proced...