Graft Selection for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Level I Systematic Review Comparing Failure Rates and Functional Outcomes

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-262

  Reinhardt, Keith R ^a,b   Hetsroni, Iftach ^c   Marx, Robert G ^b  

^a Weill Medical College of Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone patellar tendon bone composites; Combined semitendinosus and gracilis hamstring tendons; Revision

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING TENDON GRAFT; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATELLAR TENDON GRAFT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951926253     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2009.12.009     Document Type: Review

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