Instrument-guided semitendinosus-gracilis tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament replacement using a polyester tape and cortical fixation device

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 688-692

  Fules, Peter J ^a,b   Goddard, Richard K ^a   Madhav, Rohit T ^a   Singh, Bijay ^a   Prem, Hari ^a   Jadeja, Harpal K ^a   Mowbray, Michael A S ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St George Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043201305     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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