In vitro comparison of elongation of the anterior cruciate ligament and single- and dual-tunnel anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Edwards, T Bradley ^a   Guanche, Carlos A ^b   Petrie, Scott G ^a   Thomas, Kevin A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0033053601     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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