Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using an alloplastic ligament of polyethylene terephthalate (PET - Trevira® - hochfest). Follow-up study

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-67

  Krudwig, Wilfried K ^a  

^a Marienhospital ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction; Synthetic graft

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0036183236     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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