Collapsing the tibial bone tunnel in hamstring autograft reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-4

  Chaimsky, Gershon ^a   Zion, Ido ^a   Mann, Gideon ^a,b   Finsterbush, Alexander ^a   Lowe, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Graft incorporation; Tibial tunnel fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949116572     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.19439     Document Type: Article

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