Reconstruction of acute anterior cruciate ligament injuries: A prospetive, randomised study of 40 patients with 7-year follow-up. No advantage of synthetic augmentation compared to a traditional patellar tendon graft

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 144-147

  Muren, Olle ^a   Dahlstedt, Lars ^a   Dalén, Nils ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Knee injuries; Patellar ligament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0038605800     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0457-9     Document Type: Article

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