A medium to long-term follow-up of ACL reconstruction using double gracilis and semitendinosus grafts

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Ferretti, Andrea ^a   Monaco, Edoardo ^a,b   Giannetti, Silvio ^a   Caperna, Ludovico ^a   Luzon, David ^a   Conteduca, Fabio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Extra articular tenodesis; Hamstrings; Tunnel widening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951558049     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1206-1     Document Type: Article

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