Tibial tunnel widening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with hamstring tendons using Rigidfix femoral fixation and Intrafix tibial fixation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Choi, Nam Hong ^a   Lee, Jung Hoon ^b   Son, Kyung Mo ^b   Victoroff, Brian N ^c  

^a Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b United Hospital   (South Korea)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Hamstring tendon; Intrafix; Rigidfix; Tibial tunnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249150063     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0951-5     Document Type: Article

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