Interval arthrometric comparison of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft versus allograft: Do grafts attenuate within the first year postoperatively?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1347-1354

  Ghodadra, Neil S ^a   Mall, Nathan A ^b   Grumet, Robert ^c   Sherman, Seth L ^d   Kirk, Spencer ^b   Provencher, Matthew T ^e   Bach, Bernard R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Specialty Institute   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

allograft; anterior cruciate ligament; autograft; knee outcome; KT 1000 arthrometer; patellar tendon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861829936     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512440685     Document Type: Review

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