Initial fixation strength of a new hybrid technique for femoral ACL graft fixation: The bone wedge technique

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 769-775

  Herbort, Mirco ^a   Weimann, Andre ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a   Strobel, Michael ^b   Raschke, Michael ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Orthopadische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cyclic testing; Failure mode; Hamstring graft fixation; Maximal load; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KNEE; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMUR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35248887001     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0217-3     Document Type: Article

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