Resorbable screws versus pins for optimal transplant fixation (SPOT) in anterior cruciate ligament replacement with autologous hamstring grafts: Rationale and design of a randomized, controlled, patient and investigator blinded trial [ISRCTN17384369]

BMC Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Stengel, Dirk ^a,b   Matthes, Gerrit ^a,b   Seifert, Julia ^a   Tober, Volker ^a   Mutze, Sven ^a   Rademacher, Grit ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^a,b   Bauwens, Kai ^a,b   Wich, Michael ^a   Casper, Dirk ^a  

^a Unfallkrankenh Berlin Trauma Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE GRAFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROSCOPY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; KNEE; MALE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFTING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144361942     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-5-1     Document Type: Article

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