Two to five year results of primary ACL reconstruction using doubled tibialis anterior allograft

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1374-1378

  Snow, Martyn ^a   Campbell, Gregory ^b   Adlington, Jay ^c   Stanish, William D ^c  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; Allograft; Outcome; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON; TIBIA; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDONS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956874727     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0997-4     Document Type: Article

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