A Retrospective Review of Bone Tunnel Enlargement After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Tendons Fixed With a Metal Round Cannulated Interference Screw in the Femur

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1093-1099

  Kobayashi, Masahiko ^a   Nakagawa, Yasuaki ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Okudaira, Shuzo ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Bone tunnel enlargement; Hamstring; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLING; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749261589     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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