Tibial fixation of bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cadaveric study of bovine bone screw and biodegradable interference screw

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2322-2327

  Zheng, Naiquan ^a,b,d   Price, Chad T ^c   Indelicato, Peter A ^c   Gao, Bo ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Cadaver; Interference screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DONOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFERENCE SCREW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SCREWS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CATTLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 56249104424     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508322895     Document Type: Article

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