Comparison of bone-patellar tendon-bone interference screw fixation and hamstring transfemoral screw fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-591

  Randall, R Lor ^a,b   Wolf, Eugene M ^a   Heilmann, Moira R ^a   Lotz, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; SURGICAL STAPLING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033056008     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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