Avoiding allograft length mismatch during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Patient height as an indicator of appropriate graft length

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 986-989

  Brown, John A ^a,e   Brophy, Robert H ^b   Franco, John ^c   Marquand, Allyson ^d   Solomon, Thomas C ^d   Watanabe, Diane ^d   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^d  

^a THE CORE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c New Mexico Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^d Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Knee; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE PAIN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34250746933     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506298584     Document Type: Article

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