Bioabsorbable screw divergence angle, not tunnel preparation method influences soft tissue tendon graft-bone tunnel fixation in healthy bone

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Duffee, Andrew R ^a   Brunelli, Jeffrey A ^a   Nyland, John ^a   Burden, Robert ^a   Nawab, Akbar ^a   Caborn, David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Bone mineral density; Computer tomography scanning; Graft fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SWINE; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENDONS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846443262     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0116-8     Document Type: Article

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