Biomechanical testing of quadriceps tendon-patellar bone grafts: An alternative graft source for press-fit anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Dargel, Jens ^a   Schmidt Wiethoff, Rüdiger ^b   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a   Koebke, Jürgen ^c  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Press fit technique; Primary stability; Quadriceps tendon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLAR BONE GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE TENDON GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLA; TENDONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33745790061     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-005-0048-7     Document Type: Article

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