Is supplementary fixation necessary in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 360-365

  Lee, John J ^a   Otarodifard, Karimdad ^b   Bong Jae Jun, ^b   McGarry, Michelle H ^b   Hatch III, George F ^a   Lee, Thay Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; graft fixation techniques; soft tissue graft; supplementary graft fixation; tibial fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FIXATION DEVICE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION; SUTURE ANCHOR; SWINE; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; SUTURE ANCHORS; SWINE; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79952299724     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510390434     Document Type: Article

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