Fixation strength of three different graft types used in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Chen, Chih Hwa ^a   Chou, Shih Wei ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Shih, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon graft; Fixation strength; Hamstring tendon graft; Posterior cruciate ligament; Quadriceps tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION STRENGTH; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE INJURIES; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; SWINE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 16644400998     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0457-5     Document Type: Article

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