The effect of screw length and position on fixation of four-stranded hamstring grafts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-102

  Harvey, A R ^a   Thomas, N P ^b   Amis, A A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cyclic loads; Failure strength; Hamstring grafts; Screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; CANCELLOUS BONE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; HAMSTRING; IN VITRO STUDY; JOGGING; NONHUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL SCREW; TENDON; TIBIA; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 12244302176     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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