Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autogenous doubled gracilis and semitendinosus tendons with GTS sleeve and tapered screw tibial fixation

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-296

  Brown Jr , Charles H ^a   Darwich, Nader ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

4 strand hamstring tendon graft; ACL reconstruction; EndoButton; Gracilis tendon; GTS Sleeve; GTS Tapered Screw; Semitendinosus tendon

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYPROPYLENE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE SCREW; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMUR; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

EID: 25844522205     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000179771.44234.26     Document Type: Article

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