Anterior cruciate ligament graft fixation: Is the issue mechanical or biological?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 118-

  Bartlett, John ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AVULSION INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; REOPERATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849191135     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04383.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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