EndoPearl augmentation of bioabsorbable interference screw fixation of a soft tissue tendon graft in a tibial tunnel

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 658-661

  Kocabey, Yavuz ^a   Nawab, Akbar ^a   Caborn, David N M ^a   Nyland, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Arthroscopy; Interference screw; Knee joint

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 3042767485     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.04.066     Document Type: Article

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