Hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using femoral cross-pin fixation

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 214-222

  Wolf, Eugene M ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double looped semitendinosis and gracilis; Femoral cross pin; Tibial Bioscrew fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844285972     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-1872(99)80028-8     Document Type: Article

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