Journal of Sports Medicine
Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 3498403, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3498403
Review Article
Clinical Outcomes and Complications of Cortical Button Distal Biceps Repair: A Systematic Review of the Literature
1Department of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Patras University Hospital, Papanikolaou 1, 26504 Patras, Greece
2Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Received 6 February 2016; Revised 16 April 2016; Accepted 22 June 2016
Academic Editor: Gabriel Y. F. Ng
Copyright © 2016 Andreas Panagopoulos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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