Anatomic guidelines for harvesting a quadriceps free tendon autograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 980-984

  Lippe, Julienne ^a   Armstrong, Amy ^a   Fulkerson, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Associates of Hartford   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS TENDON; SCALPEL; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84863092039     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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