Early tunnel enlargement after arthroscopic ACL reconstructions

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-629

  Ugutmen, Ender ^a   Ozkan, Korhan ^a   Güven, Melih ^a   Sener, Nadir ^a   Altintas, Faik ^a  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Hamstring tendon; Tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 35748974862     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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