A biomechanical evaluation of transcondylar femoral fixation of anterior cruciate ligament grafts

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 950-955

  Camillieri, Gianluca ^a   McFarland, Edward G ^b   Jasper, Louis E ^b   Belkoff, Stephen M ^b   Kim, Tae Kyun ^b   Rauh, Peter B ^b   Mariani, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Autograft; Femoral tunnel fixation; Interference screw; Transcondylar screw

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFACE SCREW FIXATION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCONDYLAR FEMORAL FIXATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDONS;

EID: 2442649164     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261707     Document Type: Article

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