Graft fixation with predetermined tension using a new device, the Double Spike Plate

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 908-911

  Shino, Konsei ^a,b   Mae, Tatsuo ^a   Maeda, Akira ^a   Miyama, Takahide ^a   Shinjo, Hirotaka ^a   Kawakami, Hideo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double Spike Plate; Graft fixation under tension; Pullout graft fixation

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; SUTURE MATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; TIBIA;

EID: 0036821923     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.35267     Document Type: Article

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