Strength of the fixation of patellar tendon bone grafts using a totally absorbable self-reinforced poly-l-lactide expansion plug and screw. An experimental study in a bovine cadaver

Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 422-427

  Tuompo, Pertti ^a,d   Partio, Esa K ^b   Jukkala Partio, Kirsi ^b   Pohjonen, Timo ^b   Helevirta, Pertti ^c   Rokkanen, Pentti ^c  

^a HYVINKÄÄ HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Expansion plug; Interference fixation; Patellar tendon graft; SR PLLA; Totally absorbable fixation

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CATTLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0029788658     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90035-3     Document Type: Article

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