A biomechanical comparison of 2 femoral fixation techniques for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in skeletally immature patients: Over-the-top fixation versus transphyseal technique

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 672-680

  Lertwanich, Pisit ^a,c   Kato, Yuki ^a   Martins, Cesar A Q ^a   Maeyama, Akira ^a   Ingham, Sheila J M ^a   Kramer, Scott ^b   Linde Rosen, Monica ^a,b   Smolinski, Patrick ^a,b   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; OVER THE TOP FIXATION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TRANSPHYSEAL FIXATION; UNIVERSAL FORCE MOMENT SENSOR SYSTEM; VALGUS KNEE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79954577815     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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