The influence of tibial fixation on tunnel enlargement after hamstring tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 364-370

  Sakai, Hiroya ^a,b   Yajima, Hisataka ^a   Hiraoka, Hisatada ^c   Fukuda, Akira ^c   Hayashi, Muneyasu ^a   Tamai, Kazuya ^a   Saotome, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Fixation method; Hamstring; Reconstruction; Tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; TIBIA FIXATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE DISEASE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644399388     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0455-7     Document Type: Article

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