Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The Italian Experience

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-147

  Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Bruni, Danilo ^a   Alessandro, Russo ^a   Marcheggiani Muccioli, Giulio Maria ^a   Giordano, Giovanni ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; arthroscopy; double bundle reconstruction; hamstrings; knee surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BUNDLE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

EID: 59349083536     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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