Initial and 6 Weeks Postoperative Structural Properties of Soft Tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions With Cross-Pin or Interference Screw Fixation: An In Vivo Study in Sheep

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Zantop, Thore ^a   Weimann, Andre ^a   Wolle, Kerstin ^b   Musahl, Volker ^c   Langer, Martin ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable implants; Biomechanics; Hamstring graft fixation; Secondary stability; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT FAILURE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SHEEP; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33845950543     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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