Complications Related to Hamstring Tendon Harvest

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-19

  Wittstein, Jocelyn R ^a   Wilson, Joseph B ^a   Moorman III, Claude T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; hamstring harvest

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; DONOR SITE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK REDUCTION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 33745890238     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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