The course of the patellar tendon after reharvesting its central third for ACL revision surgery: A long-term clinical and radiographic study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1130-1138

  Lidén, Mattias ^a   Ejerhed, Lars ^b   Sernert, Ninni ^b   Bovaller, Åke ^b   Karlsson, Jon ^a   Kartus, Jüri ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Norra Alvsborg County Hospital Uddevalla   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate; MRI; Patellar tendon; Reharvesting; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA LIGAMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750703969     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0167-x     Document Type: Article

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