Semitendinosus tendon graft versus a modified Weaver-Dunn procedure for acromioclavicular joint reconstruction in chronic cases: A prospective comparative study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Tauber, Mark ^a   Gordon, Katharina ^a   Koller, Heiko ^a   Fox, Michael ^b   Resch, Herbert ^a  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic acromioclavicular dislocation; Coracoclavicular reconstruction; Semitendinosus tendon graft; Weaver Dunn procedure

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; WEAVER DUNN PROCEDURE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149216334     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508323255     Document Type: Article

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