Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With LARS Artificial Ligament: A Multicenter Study With 3- to 5-Year Follow-up

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-523

  Gao, Kai ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^a   Wang, Lide ^b   Zhang, Weiguo ^b   Kang, Yifan ^c   Dong, Qirong ^d   Zhou, Haibin ^d   Li, Linan ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT ADVANCED REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950184931     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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