Triple-bundle ACL grafts evaluated by second-look arthroscopy

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Tanaka, Yoshinari ^a   Shino, Konsei ^b   Horibe, Shuji ^a   Nakamura, Norimasa ^c   Nakagawa, Shigeto ^d   Mae, Tatsuo ^f   Otsubo, Hidenori ^e   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^e   Nakata, Ken ^f  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YUKIOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graft morphology; Second look arthroscopy; Semitendinosus tendon autograft; Triple bundle ACL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855208109     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1551-8     Document Type: Article

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