Graft choice and graft fixation in PCL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 297-306

  Höher, Jürgen ^a   Scheffler, Sven ^b   Weiler, Andreas ^b  

^a Klinik am Ring   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allografts; Autografts; Biomechanical properties; Graft fixation; PCL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STRENGTH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE GRAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 1342344691     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0408-1     Document Type: Article

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