Tibial plateau fracture after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Role of the interference screw resorption in the stress riser effect

Knee

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-243

  Thaunat, Mathieu ^a   Nourissat, Geoffroy ^b   Gaudin, Pascal ^a   Beaufils, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Bioabsorbable screw; Stress riser; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745934804     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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