Two-bundle reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using semitendinosus tendon with endobuttons: Operative technique and preliminary results

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-624

  Muneta, Takeshi ^a,b   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a   Yagishita, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ogiuchi, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Haruyasu ^a   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggressive early rehabilitation; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Endobutton; Semitendinosus tendon; Two bundle procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0032886132     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ar.1999.v15.0150611     Document Type: Article

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