Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using a patellar tendon autograft

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 285-289

  Mitsou, A ^a   Vallianatos, P ^a,b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029860858     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050078     Document Type: Article

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