Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with doubled semitendinosus and gracilis tendons and lateral extra-articular reconstruction

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2373-2379

  Ferretti, Andrea ^a   Conteduca, Fabio ^b   Monaco, Edoardo ^b   De Carli, Angeld ^b   D'Arrigo, Carmelo ^b  

^a University La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE KNEE SCORE; JOINT DEGENERATION; LYSHOLM KNEE SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33750837542     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00064     Document Type: Article

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