Augmentation of Femoral Fixation in Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Bioabsorbable Bead: A Prospective Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Arneja, Shalinder ^a,b   Froese, Warren ^a   MacDonald, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL graft fixation; ACL reconstruction; Bioabsorbable interference screw; EndoPearl; Semitendinosus gracilis graft fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMUR; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0942268959     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399703258675     Document Type: Article

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