Reconstruction of chronic patellar tendon rupture with contralateral BTB autograft: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1445-1448

  Milankov, Miroslav Z ^a   Miljkovic, Natasa ^a   Stankovic, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic rupture; Patellar tendon; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RUPTURE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348987309     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0365-1     Document Type: Article

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