Graft fixation issues in knee ligament surgery

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-263

  Brand Jr , Jeff ^b   Weiler, Andreas ^b   Caborn, David N M ^b   Johnson, Darren L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cruciate ligament; Graft fixation; Interference screw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000771577     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(99)80003-2     Document Type: Article

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