Primary ACL reconstruction with fresh-frozen patellar versus Achilles tendon allografts

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 180-185

  Siebold, Rainer ^a   Buelow, J U ^a   Bos L ^a   Ellermann, A ^a  

^a ARCUS Sportsclinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Allograft; Patellar tendon; Primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 0038266867     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0476-1     Document Type: Article

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