The quadriceps tendon-patellar bone construct for ACL reconstruction

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Staubli H U ^a  

^a Surgical Clinic   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Cryosections; Knee ligament reconstruction; Patellar ligament; Quadriceps tendon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002893223     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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