Controversies in ACL reconstruction: Bone-patellar tendon-bone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction remains the gold standard

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Hospodar, Maj Steven J ^a   Miller, Mark D ^b  

^a Barksdale Air Force Base   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone patellar tendon bone; Interference screw; Knee; Reconstruction; Single bundle

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 74549162210     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3181c14841     Document Type: Review

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