Tunnel widening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A prospective randomized computed tomography-based study comparing 2 different femoral fixation methods for hamstring graft

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 776-783

  Sabat, Dhananjaya ^a   Kundu, Kundan ^b   Arora, Sumit ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^b  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOBUTTON CL; FEMORAL TUNNEL WIDENING; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG EXERCISE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDON GRAFT; TENODESIS; TIBIA; TRANSFIX;

EID: 79957914136     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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