The load of an implanted graft during and after fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-106

  Yoshihara, Yukio ^a   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuji ^a   Kuroda, Ryosuke ^a   Muratsu, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Fixation; Graft; Reconstruction; Tension

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDONS; TIBIA; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 16344391223     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0534-4     Document Type: Article

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