Tightening elongated ACL grafts by application of bipolar electromagnetic energy (ligament shrinkage)

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 66-72

  Spahn, G ^a   Schindler, S ^a  

^a Praxisklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Arthroscopy; Bipolar energy; Instability; Revision; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 0036519127     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-001-0266-7     Document Type: Article

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