Cortical versus cancellous interference fixation for bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 484-488

  Rupp, Stefan ^a   Seil, Romain ^a   Krauß, Paul W ^a   Kohn, Dieter M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; BPTB graft; Fixation strength; Interference screw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CORTICAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KNEE INJURIES; ORGAN SIZE; PATELLA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWINE; TENDONS;

EID: 0031901915     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(98)70076-3     Document Type: Article

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