Abnormal bone scans of the tibial tunnel 2 years after patella ligament anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Correlation with tunnel enlargement and tibial graft length

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 322-328

  Hogervorst, T ^a,c   Van Der Hart, C P ^a   Rijcken, T H Pels ^b   Taconis, W K ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone scan; Tibial bone tunnels; Tibial graft length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCINTISCANNING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0034564847     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670000165     Document Type: Article

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