Tripled semitendinosus anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with Endobutton fixation: A 2-3-year follow-up study of 35 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-386

  Zysk, Stefan P ^a   Krüger, Andreas ^a   Baur, Andrea ^b   Veihelmann, Andreas ^a   Refior, Hans J ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0033852144     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164700317393385     Document Type: Article

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