A clinical comparison of screw and suture fixation of anterior cruciate ligament tibial avulsion fractures

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2334-2339

  Seon, Jong Keun ^a   Park, Sang Jin ^a   Lee, Keun Bae ^a   Gadikota, Hemanth R ^b   Kozanek, Michal ^b   Oh, Luke S ^b   Hariri, Sanaz ^b   Song, Eun Kyoo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Fixation; Screw; Suture; Tibial avulsion fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249133798     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509341031     Document Type: Article

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