Tibial bone bridge and bone block fixation in double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction without hardware: A technical note

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-392

  Siebold, R ^a   Thierjung, H ^a   Cafaltzis, K ^a   Hoeschele, E ^a   Tao, J ^b   Ellert, T ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Department   (Germany)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone block; Bone bridge; Double bundle reconstruction; Implant free; Tibial fixation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 41149148165     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0452-3     Document Type: Article

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