An unidentified pitfall of Endobutton use: Case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-249

  Karaoglu, Sinan ^a   Halici, Mehmet ^a   Baktir, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Endobutton; Pitfall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS;

EID: 0036654893     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-002-0287-x     Document Type: Article

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