A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing 3 anterior cruciate ligament graft types: Bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft, hamstring autograft, and allograft

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Genuario, James W ^a   Faucett, Scott C ^b   Boublik, Martin ^a   Schlegel, Theodore F ^a  

^a THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness analysis; double row repair; rotator cuff; single row repair

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84856712679     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511426088     Document Type: Article

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