Femoral Tunnel Defect Filled With a Synthetic Dowel Graft for a Single-Staged Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 796.e1-796.e4

  Barrett, Gene R ^a   Brown, Taylor D ^b  

^a Mississippi Sports Med Orthoped C   (United States)

^b Bone and Joint Clinic of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindric bone defect; Single stage ACL revision; Synthetic bone plug

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY;

EID: 34447267460     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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