A 7-year follow-up of patellar tendon and hamstring tendon grafts for arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Differences and similarities

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1337-1345

  Roe, Justin ^a   Pinczewski, Leo A ^a   Russell, Vivianne J ^a   Salmon, Lucy J ^a   Kawamata, Tomomaro ^a   Chew, Melvin ^b  

^a Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Research   (Australia)

^b Castlereagh Imaging   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Clinical; Hamstring tendon; Long term; Longitudinal; Patellar tendon; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RUPTURE; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944471743     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504274145     Document Type: Article

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