Biomechanical comparison of three anatomic ACL reconstructions in a porcine model

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 728-735

  Debandi, Aníbal ^a   Maeyama, Akira ^a   Lu, Songcen ^a   Hume, Chad ^b   Asai, Shigehiro ^a   Goto, Bunsei ^a   Hoshino, Yuichi ^a   Smolinski, Patrick ^a,b   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

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

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Robotic UFS system; Three tunnel double bundle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SWINE; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TORQUE;

EID: 79954848942     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1338-3     Document Type: Article

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