Femoral fixation of hamstring tendon autografts using the TransFix device with additional bone grafting in an anteromedial portal technique

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-284

  Galla, Mellany ^a   Uffmann, Jens ^a   Lobenhoffer, Philipp ^a  

^a Henriettenstiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone grafting; Hamstring tendons; TransFix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 3042816523     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-002-0468-6     Document Type: Article

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