Fixation strength of biocomposite wedge interference screw in ACL reconstruction: Effect of screw length and tunnel/screw ratio. A controlled laboratory study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Herrera, Antonio ^a,b   Martínez, Fernando ^a   Iglesias, Daniel ^a   Cegõino, José ^b   Ibarz, Elena ^b   Gracia, Luis ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; STRENGTH; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TISSUE FIXATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; STANDARD; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; TENDONS; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77954081045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-139     Document Type: Article

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