A new bioabsorbable interference screw: Preliminary results of a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-48

  Benedetto, Karl Peter ^a   Fellinger, Michael ^b   Lim, T E ^c   Passler, Jörg M ^b   Schoen, Jaap L ^d   Willems, W Jaap ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^f ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Bioabsorbable; Endo Fix; Interference screw; Polyglyconate

Indexed keywords

MAXON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CYST;

EID: 0033985852     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90126-9     Document Type: Article

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