Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction graft harvesting: Pitfalls and tips

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 184-190

  McGuire, David A ^a   Hendricks, Stephen D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Autograft; Bone patellar tendon bone; BTB graft; Gracilis; Hamstring graft; Semi T

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38449107643     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181595bb6     Document Type: Review

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