Graft selection for primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction;Transplantatauswahl für den primären ersatz des vorderen kreuzbandes

Orthopade

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 731-740

  Weiler, A ^a   Scheffler, S ^a   Hoher J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Graftselection; Morbidity; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATELLA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0036942469     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-002-0331-z     Document Type: Article

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