Hamstring tendon autograft better than bone patellar-tendon bone autograft in ACL reconstruction: A cumulative meta-analysis and clinically relevant sensitivity analysis applied to a previously published analysis

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-354

  Poolman, Rudolf W ^a   Farrokhyar, Forough ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^b  

^a Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR; HAMSTRING TENDON GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; META-ANALYSIS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34347402976     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710013915     Document Type: Article

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