Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendons and cross-pin femoral fixation compared with patellar tendon autografts

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1186-1192

  Wilcox, Joseph F ^a,b   Gross, John A ^a   Sibel, Roman ^a   Backs, Rose A ^a   Kaeding, Christopher C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Autograft; Cross pin; Fixation; Hamstring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844529297     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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