All-inside anterior cruciate ligament graft-link technique: Second-generation, no-incision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 717-727

  Lubowitz, James H ^a   Amhad, Christopher H ^b   Anderson, Kyle ^c  

^a Taos Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL INSIDE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT GRAFT LINK TECHNIQUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; DRILL; FEMUR; FIXATION DEVICE; FLIPCUTTER; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INCISION; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMUR; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79954583664     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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