Radiographic visualization of patellar tendon grafts for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 770-772

  Vaquero, Javier ^a,b   Vidal, Carlos ^a   Cubillo, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable screw; Patellar tendon graft; Radiopaque contrast

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; PATELLA TENDON; TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0031454947     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(97)90018-9     Document Type: Article

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