Femoral fixation of hamstring grafts in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Biomechanical evaluation of different fixation techniques - Is there an acute angle effect?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 780-786

  Niedzwietzki, Patricia ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a   Weimann, Andre ^a   Herbort, Mirco ^a   Raschke, Michael J ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cyclic testing; Failure mode; Hamstring graft fixation; Maximal load; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FIXATION; HAMSTRING; INTERFERENCE SCREW; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; ARTHROSCOPY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE SCREW; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KNEE LIGAMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34250334721     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506297906     Document Type: Article

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