Interference screw divergence in endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Dworsky, Bradley D ^a   Jewell, Brian F ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Graft fixation; Interference screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030074571     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90218-2     Document Type: Article

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