Tunnel enlargement after arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Comparison of bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring autografts

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-131

  Hersekli, Murat Ali ^a   Akpinar, Sercan ^a   Ozalay, Metin ^a   Ozkoc, Gurkan ^a   Cesur, Necip ^a   Uysal, Mustafa ^a   Pourbagher, Aysin ^a   Tandogan, Reha N ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone tunnel enlargement; Knee; Patellar tendon, hamstring tendons, autograft; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 3342879137     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850339     Document Type: Article

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