Biomechanical evaluation of a new cross-pin technique for the fixation of different sized bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 520-527

  Zantop, Thore ^a   Weibers, Barbara ^b   Weimann, Andre ^c   Rümmler, Markus ^b   Hedderich, Jürgen ^b   Musahl, Volker ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomechanics; Bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) graft fixation; Cross pin fixation; Maximal load

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR; FIXATION FAILURE; KNEE SURGERY; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PATELLA; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 12444310119     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0509-5     Document Type: Article

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