Suspensory Fixation of Grafts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Biomechanical Comparison of 3 Implants

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 767-776

  Kamelger, Florian S ^a   Onder, Ursula ^a   Schmoelz, Werner ^a   Tecklenburg, Katja ^a   Arora, Rohit ^a   Fink, Christian ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Sportsclinic Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; EndoButton CL; Knee; RetroButton; Suspensory fixation; ToggleLoc

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANTATION; LIGAMENT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67649227128     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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