Patellar tendon autograft versus hamstring tendon autograft in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Appraisal of the evidence

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Calvisi, V ^a   Lupparelli, S ^a   Padua, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b San Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Autograft reconstruction; EBM; Knee arthroscopy; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 33745832250     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-006-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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