Overlapping systematic reviews of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction comparing hamstring autograft with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft: Why are they different?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1542-1552

  Poolman, Rudolf W ^a   Abouali, Jihad A K ^b   Conter, Henry J ^a,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; BONE GRAFT; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; HAMSTRING AUTOGRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL VALIDITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 34447280586     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01292     Document Type: Review

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