Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadruple hamstring

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-272

  Fu, Freddie H ^a,b   Ma, C Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bioscrew; Cross pin fixation; EndoButton; Quadruple hamstring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000044361     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(99)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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