What is the best femoral fixation of hamstring autografts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? A meta-analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1075-1081

  Colvin, Alexis ^a   Sharma, Charu ^b   Parides, Michael ^a   Glashow, Jonathan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT; TENODESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; FEMUR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE INJURY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; FEMUR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79955814096     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1662-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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