Soft tissue anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the IntraFix Tibial Fastener

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-289

  Sklar, Joseph H ^a,e   Brown Jr , Charles H ^b,c,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e New England Orthopedic Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Bio IntraFix; Gracilis tendon; Hamstring tendon grafts; IntraFix Tibial Fastener; Semitendinosis tendon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 25844479111     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000177739.65372.be     Document Type: Article

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