Avoiding Mismatch in Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Correlation Between Patient Height and Patellar Tendon Length

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-650

  Goldstein, Jordan L ^a   Verma, Nikhil ^a   McNickle, Allison G ^a   Zelazny, Anthony ^a   Ghodadra, Neil ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA TENDON; REFERENCE VALUE; SOFT TISSUE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATELLA; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951297098     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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