Donor site morbidity and return to the preinjury activity level after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using ipsilateral and contralateral patellar tendon autograft: A retrospective, nonrandomized study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Mastrokalos, Dimitrios S ^a   Springer, Jan ^a   Siebold, Rainer ^a   Paessler, Hans H ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Donor site morbidity; Patellar tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATELLA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SPORTS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144345141     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265926     Document Type: Article

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