A prospective randomized study of ACL-reconstructions using bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts fixed with bioabsorbable or metal interference screws

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 753-759

  Drogset, Jon Olav ^a   Straume, Lene Granrud ^b   Bjørkmo, Ingrid ^b   Myhr, Gunnar ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Unilabs   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions; Bioabsorbable interference screw; Bone patellar tendon graft; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Poly l lactic acid (PLLA); Resorption

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; METAL; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METALS; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954818117     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1353-4     Document Type: Article

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