Four-strand hamstring tendon autograft for ACL reconstruction in patients aged 50 years or older

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Trojani, C ^a   Sane J C ^a   Coste, J S ^a   Boileau, P ^a  

^a L'Archet University   (France)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Age; Hamstring tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GRAFT FAILURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SAPHENOUS NERVE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 61449249513     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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