Prospective clinical comparisons of anatomic double-bundle versus single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction procedures in 328 consecutive patients

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1675-1687

  Kondo, Eiji ^a   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a   Azuma, Hirotaka ^b   Tanabe, Yoshie ^a   Yagi, Tomonori ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yamanotedori Yagi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomic double bundle reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Clinical outcome; Hamstring tendon autograft; Posterolateral bundle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARTILAGE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 49949117852     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508317123     Document Type: Article

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