The effects of two different fixation methods on femoral bone tunnel enlargement and clinical results in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft;Hamstring tendon otogrefti ile yapilan ön çapraz bag rekonstrüksiyonunda iki farkli tespit yönteminin femoral kemik tünel genislemesi ve klinik sonuçlar üzerine etkisi

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-521

  Çinar, Bekir Murat ^a   Akpinar, Sercan ^a   Hersekli, Murat Ali ^a   Uysal, Mustafa ^a   Cesur, Necip ^a   Pourbagher, Ayşin ^b   Derincek, Alihan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Radyoloji Anabilim Dali ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament surgery; Arthroscopy; Knee joint surgery; Orthopedic fixation devices; Tendons transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS;

EID: 77951632241     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2009.515     Document Type: Article

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