Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.arthro.2006.07.022);Hybrid Femoral Fixation of Soft-Tissue Grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using the EndoButton CL and Bioabsorbable Interference Screws: A Biomechanical Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1218-1224

  Oh, Young Ho ^a   Namkoong, Suk ^b   Strauss, Eric J ^b   Ishak, Charbel ^b   Jazrawi, Laith M ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey ^b  

^a New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases ^*

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable interference screw; EndoButton CL; Femoral fixation; Graft fixation; Hamstring tendon grafts; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; SWINE; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE GRAFT;

EID: 33750440784     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.01.004     Document Type: Erratum

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