Dropping of an EndoButton into the knee joint 2 years after anterior cruciate ligament repair using proximal fixation methods

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-643

  Yanmiş, Ibrahim ^a   Tunay, Servet ^a   Oǧuz, Erbil ^a   Yildiz, Cemil ^a   Özkan, Hüseyin ^a   Kirdemir, Vecihi ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ACL; Drop off; EndoButton

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 3042845408     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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