Failure load of patellar tendon grafts at the femoral side: 10- versus 20-mm-bone blocks

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Meuffels, Duncan E ^a   Niggebrugge, Marnix J N ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Fixation; Interference screw; Patellar tendon; Pullout

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMAN; INJURY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849148500     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0631-x     Document Type: Article

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