Effect of tibial tunnel dilation on pullout strength of semitendinosus-gracilis graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Orthopedics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 779-783

  Cain, E Lyle ^a   Phillips, Barry B ^a,b   Charlebois, Steven J ^a   Azar, Frederick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Campbell Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 23844551278     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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