Bone anchors or interference screws? A biomechanical evaluation for autograft ankle stabilization

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1651-1659

  Jeys, Lee ^a,c   Korrosis, Sotiris ^b   Stewart, Todd ^b   Harris, Nicholas J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Waterstones House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle stabilization; Autograft; Biomechanics; Bone anchor; Interference screw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBULA; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOADING TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TALUS; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FIBULA; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 6344270375     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265051     Document Type: Article

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