Peripheral Versus Aperture Fixation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-693

  Elliott, Michael J ^a,b   Kurtz, Christopher A ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 34848816209     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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