Bone plug length and loading angle determine the primary stability of patellar tendon-bone grafts in press-fit ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-111

  Schmidt Wiethoff, R ^a,b   Dargel, J ^a,b   Gerstner, M ^a   Schneider, T ^a,b   Koebke, J ^b  

^a Outpatient Clinic for Sports Traumatology and Public Health Consultation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Graft fixation; Knee; Patellar tendon; Press fit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; SWINE; TENDON TRANSFER; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; SWINE; TENDON TRANSFER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 32044434452     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0645-6     Document Type: Article

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