Controversies in soft-tissue anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Grafts, bundles, tunnels, fixation, and harvest

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 376-384

  Prodromos, Chadwick C ^a,b   Fu, Freddie H ^c   Howell, Stephen M ^d   Johnson, Donald H ^e,f   Lawhorn, Keith ^g,h  

^a Illinois Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Sports Medicine Clinic   (Canada)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^h Advanced Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 50949134241     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200807000-00003     Document Type: Article

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