Bone Tunnel Widening After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using EndoButton or EndoButton Continuous Loop

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1275-1280

  Lind, Martin ^a,b   Feller, Julian ^b   Webster, Kate E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Clinical outcome; EndoButton; Radiographic analysis; Tunnel widening

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAFT PERFUSION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849097219     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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