Prospective comparison of auto and allograft hamstring tendon constructs for ACL reconstruction

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2238-2246

  Edgar, Cory M ^a   Zimmer, Scott ^a   Kakar, Sanjeev ^a   Jones, Hugh ^a   Schepsis, Anthony A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE; MALE; MENISCAL SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON GRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUPTURE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50649089199     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0305-5     Document Type: Article

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