Comparison of femoral and tibial pullout forces in bone-patellar tendon-bone anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with a new interference fixation device

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Seitz, Helmut ^a   Vécsci, Vilmos ^a   Menth Chiari, Wolfgang A ^a   Pichl, Wolfgang ^a   Wielke, Bernhard ^a   Marlovits, Stefan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone patellar tendon bone graft; Interference fixation device; Mechanical characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMUR; FIXATION FAILURE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDONS;

EID: 0033008554     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ar.1999.v15.015017     Document Type: Article

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