Graft fixation alternatives

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-390

  Risinger, Randall J ^a   Verma, Nikhil N ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Fixation; Graft

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTUCTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFUSION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT FIXATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; GUIDE WIRE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; METAL IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOLYSIS; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 33749174745     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000190447.30210.5c     Document Type: Review

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