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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retear.

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Examples

  • In the meantime, surgeons are focusing on reducing the incidence of retears, in part by better educating patients about the importance of the rehabilitation process.

    New Techniques Tackle 2008

  • And researchers have studied the use of grafts made from pig intestine to help regenerate tissue in the rotator-cuff tendons and avoid retears.

    New Techniques Tackle 2008

  • Graft retears are more frequent with the increasing number of ACL reconstructions.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshinari Tanaka 2010

  • Mean duration between primary ACL reconstruction and incidence of retears was 11.7 months.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshinari Tanaka 2010

  • The present study aimed to examine the incidence of retears in competitive female basketball players.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshinari Tanaka 2010

  • We observed a high incidence of ACL graft retears in competitive female basketball players, as previously reported.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshinari Tanaka 2010

  • We investigated incidence, mechanism, and patient characteristics of ACL graft retears.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshinari Tanaka 2010

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