Can the Bio-Transfix pin fail during initial ACL graft insertion?

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 334-336

  Golant, Alexander ^a   Strauss, Eric J ^a   Khajavi, Kevin ^a   Sherman, Orrin H ^a   Rosen, Jeffrey E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR; FRACTURE; GRAFT FAILURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; STRENGTH; TENSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENDON TRANSFER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENDON TRANSFER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 74049139637     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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