A comparison of preoperative imaging techniques for predicting patellar tendon graft length before cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 461-465

  McAllister, David R ^a,b   Bergfeld, John A ^a   Parker, Richard D ^a   Grooff, Paul N ^a   Valdevit, Antonio D C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENDON GRAFT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034940123     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465010290041401     Document Type: Article

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