A comparison between a retrograde interference screw, suture button, and combined fixation on the tibial side in an all-inside anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A biomechanical study in a porcine model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-167

  Walsh, Michael P ^a   Wijdicks, Coen A ^a   Parker, Josh B ^a   Hapa, Onur ^a   LaPrade, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

All inside anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions; RetroScrew; Soft tissue graft fixation; Suture button; Tibial tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE FIXATION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE INTERFERENCE SCREW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURE BUTTON; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; SUTURE ANCHORS; SWINE; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 58149231143     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508323747     Document Type: Article

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