Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An update

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1299-1313

  Mayr, R ^a   Rosenberger, R ^a   Agraharam, D ^b   Smekal, V ^a   El Attal, René ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b GANGA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomical ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Failure; Recurrent instability; Revision

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROFIBROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; FIBROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE GRAFT; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; QUADRICEPS TENDON; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES;

EID: 84866990876     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1552-1     Document Type: Article

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