Evaluation of a New Femoral Fixation Device in a Simulated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-357

  Speirs, Andrew ^a   Simon, David ^a   Lapner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL FIXATION DEVICE; FEMUR; FIXATION DEVICE; LACERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RIGIDITY; STRENGTH; TENDON FAILURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77549085599     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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