Injury to the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve in ACL reconstruction with the hamstrings technique: Clinical and electrophysiological study

Knee

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 360-363

  Figueroa, D ^a,b   Calvo, R ^a,b   Vaisman, A ^a,b   Campero, M ^a   Moraga, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

ACL surgery; Hamstrings technique; Infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve; Knee electrophysiology; Neurological complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50449086009     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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