Complications in the use of hamstring tendons for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Larson, Roger V ^a   Ericksen, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Complications; Hamstring tendons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001890979     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-199700520-00001     Document Type: Article

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