Prospective Evaluation of Patellar Tendon Graft Fixation in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Comparing Composite Bioabsorbable and Allograft Interference Screws

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 993-999

  Tecklenburg, Katja ^a   Burkart, Peter ^b   Hoser, Christian ^a   Rieger, Michael ^a   Fink, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Klinik St Anna   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allograft screw; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Bioabsorbable screw; Graft fixation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TENDON GRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33748064667     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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