Comparison between hamstring autograft and free tendon Achilles allograft: Minimum 2-year follow-up after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using EndoButton and Intrafix

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 816-822

  Noh, Jung Ho ^a   Yi, Seung Rim ^b   Song, Sang Jun ^c   Kim, Seong Wan ^b   Kim, Woo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Police Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Achilles; Anterior cruciate ligament; EndoButton; Hamstring; Intrafix

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDON TRANSFER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954818111     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1388-6     Document Type: Article

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