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Descriptor English: Suture Anchors
Descriptor Spanish: Anclas para Sutura
Descriptor anclajes de sutura
Entry term(s) anclajes oseos
Scope note: Implantes utilizados en cirugía artroscópica y otros procedimientos ortopédicos para fijar tejidos blandos al hueso. Un extremo de la sutura se fija al tejido blando mientras que el otro extremo se fija al implante. Los anclajes están fabricados con diversos materiales, incluido el titanio, el acero inoxidable y los polímeros absorbibles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Âncoras de Sutura
Descriptor French: Ancres de suture
Entry term(s): Anchor, Bone
Anchor, Suture
Anchors, Bone
Anchors, Suture
Bone Anchor
Bone Anchors
Suture Anchor
Tree number(s): E07.695.370.734
E07.858.442.660.460.734
E07.858.690.725.460.734
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053441
Scope note: Implants used in arthroscopic surgery and other orthopedic procedures to attach soft tissue to bone. One end of a suture is tied to soft tissue and the other end to the implant. The anchors are made of a variety of materials including titanium, stainless steel, or absorbable polymers.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Suture Techniques (1993-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007
History Note: 2007
Related: Tenodesis MeSH
DeCS ID: 52448
Unique ID: D053441
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Suture Anchors - Preferred
Concept UI M0493108
Scope note Implants used in arthroscopic surgery and other orthopedic procedures to attach soft tissue to bone. One end of a suture is tied to soft tissue and the other end to the implant. The anchors are made of a variety of materials including titanium, stainless steel, or absorbable polymers.
Preferred term Suture Anchors
Entry term(s) Anchor, Suture
Anchors, Suture
Suture Anchor
Bone Anchors - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0493119
Preferred term Bone Anchors
Entry term(s) Anchor, Bone
Anchors, Bone
Bone Anchor



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