Intraoperative Incidents and Complications in Primary Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1211-1217

  Almazán, Arturo ^a   Miguel, Antonio ^b   Odor, Alberto ^a   Ibarra, José Clemente ^a  

^a National Institute of Rehabilitation   (Mexico)

^b Club Universidad Nacional AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Complications; Incidents; Intraoperative

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33750431370     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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