Clinical comparison of the tutoplast allograft and autologous patellar tendon (bone-patellar tendon-bone) for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: 2- and 6-year results

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1202-1209

  Gorschewsky, Ottmar ^a,c   Klakow, Andreas ^a   Riechert, Kathrin ^a   Pitzl, Martin ^a   Becker, Roland ^b  

^a Klinik Permanence Sportorthopädie Bern   (Switzerland)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Klinik Sonnenhof   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture; Bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) allograft; Bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) autograft; Surgical maintenance

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE PATELLA TENDON BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE PATELLA TENDON BONE AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR SITE; DONOR SITE MORBIDITY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE SCORE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LYSHOLM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NOYES SCORE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE REACTION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; STERILIZATION; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22944457512     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504271510     Document Type: Article

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