Skin sensory change after arthroscopically-assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using medial hamstring tendons with a vertical incision

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-202

  Mochizuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Yagishita, Kazuyoshi ^a   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Complications; Medial hamstring tendons; Skin sensory change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INCISION; ISOLATED ORGAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOWER LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TOUCH; ARTHROSCOPY; DISSECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; DISSECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 5144220851     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0451-y     Document Type: Article

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