Complications in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with patellar tendon grafts

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-162

  Stapleton, Timothy R ^a,b  

^a Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

^b Forsyth St Orthoped Surg R   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament complications; Failure; Patellar tendon grafts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000451691     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199700520-00011     Document Type: Article

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