Does the graft source really matter in the outcome of patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?: An evaluation of autograft versus allograft reconstruction results: A systematic review

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-199

  Foster, Timothy E ^a   Wolfe, Brian L ^a   Ryan, Scott ^a   Silvestri, Lorenzo ^a   Krall Kaye, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Autograft; Outcome measures; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76849115037     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509356530     Document Type: Review

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