Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction alters the patellar alignment

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Muellner, Thomas ^a,b   Kaltenbrunner, Wolfgang ^a   Nikolic, Ajsa ^a   Mittlboeck, Martina ^a   Schabus, Rudolf ^a   Vécsei, Vilmos ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Universitaetsklinik Unfallchirurgie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Patellar alignment; Patellar tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TENDON GRAFT; TILTING;

EID: 0032969199     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ar.1999.v15.015016     Document Type: Article

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