Comparison of Initial Fixation Properties of Sutured and Nonsutured Soft Tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Grafts With Femoral Cross-Pin Fixation

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-105

  Dargel, Jens ^a   Schmidt Wiethoff, Rüdiger ^a   Heck, Marco ^b   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a   Koebke, Jürgen ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Cyclic testing; Failure mode; Hamstring graft fixation; Knee

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMUR TUMOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TISSUE GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDONS;

EID: 37549058346     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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