Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a four-strand hamstring tendon autograft

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 51-66

  Williams III, Riley J ^a   Hyman, Jon ^b   Petrigliano, Frank ^c   Rozental, Tamara ^d   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTION TEST; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SUBLUXATION; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 14644442980     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02805     Document Type: Article

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