Three Femoral Fixation Devices for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Comparison of Fixation on the Lateral Cortex Versus the Anterior Cortex

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 796-807

  Conner, Chad S ^a   Perez, Brandon A ^a   Morris, Randal P ^a   Buckner, James W ^a   Buford Jr , William L ^a   Ivey, Frank M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR; FIXATION DEVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; THICKNESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; IMPLANT; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; SURGERY; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMUR; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE ANCHORS; SWINE; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952713622     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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