Primary Stability of Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Graft Fixation with Biodegradable Pins

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1097-1102

  Weimann, Andre ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a   Rümmler, Markus ^a   Hassenpflug, Joachim ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL; Biomechanics; BPTB graft fixation; Failure mode; Maximal load; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CATTLE; EVALUATION; FORCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; SIMULATION; SINGLE CYCLE LOADING TEST; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0346996878     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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