Biomechanical Comparison of Cross-Pin and Endobutton-CL Femoral Fixation of a Flexor Tendon Graft for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction-A Porcine Femur-Graft-Tibia Complex Study

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-287

  Shen, Hsain Chung ^a   Chang, Jen Huei ^a   Lee, Chian Her ^b   Shen, Pei Hung ^a   Yeh, Tsu Te ^a   Wu, Chia Chun ^a   Kuo, Chun Lin ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; biomechanical test; fixation; tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; FLEXOR TENDON; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HINDLIMB; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77951938949     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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