Relationship between different skin incisions and the injury of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1127-1130

  Luo, Hao ^a   Yu, Jia Kuo ^a   Ao, Ying Fang ^a   Yu, Chang Long ^a   Peng, Li Bin ^a   Lin, Chun Yang ^a   Zhang, Ji Ying ^a   Fu, Xin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Nerve injury; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Saphenous nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RANK SUM TEST; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN INCISION; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON;

EID: 34547532454     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200707010-00002     Document Type: Article

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