Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using four-strand semitendinosus and gracilis tendon grafts and metal interference screw fixation

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-237

  Colombet, Philippe ^a   Allard, Michel ^a   Bousquet, Vincent ^a   De Lavigne, Christophe ^a   Flurin, Pierre Henri ^a   Lachaud, Christophe ^a  

^a Centre de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Sportive   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Hamstring autograft; Interference screw fixation Endoscopic method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; DYNAMOMETRY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0036524481     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.30637     Document Type: Article

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