Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadriceps tendon autograft and bioabsorbable cross-pin fixation

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 894.e1-894.e5

  Antonogiannakis, Emmanuel ^a   Yiannakopoulos, Christos K ^a,b   Hiotis, Ioannis ^a   Karabalis, Christos ^a   Babalis, George ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Cross pins; Fixation; Quadriceps tendon autograft

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; DRILL; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144452115     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.04.099     Document Type: Article

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