Equal tension in all four strands of a semitendinosus graft with a low profile tibial fixation device (Cobra LFD)

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Winge, S ^a   Dunn, P ^a   Engstrom B K O ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior; Cruciate; Fixation; Ligament; Revision; Tibial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644666904     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-005-0709-7     Document Type: Article

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