Single-Achilles Allograft Posterior Cruciate Ligament and Medial Collateral Ligament Reconstruction: A Technique to Avoid Osseous Tunnel Intersection, Improve Construct Stiffness, and Save on Allograft Utilization

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 486-489

  Wahl, Christopher J ^a   Nicandri, Gregg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles allograft; Medial collateral ligament; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEFECT; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOMETRICS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; OSSEOUS TUNNEL INTERSECTION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; RIGIDITY; RISK; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA;

ACHILLES TENDON; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 41049100508     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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