Correlation of interference screw insertion torque with depth of placement in the tibial tunnel using a quadrupled semitendinosus-gracilis graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1026-1029

  Phillips, Barry B ^a,b   Cain, E Lyle ^a   Dlabach, Jeffrey A ^a   Azar, Frederick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Campbell Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Interference screw; Semitendinosus gracilis graft; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 10044255488     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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