Anterior cruciate ligament fixation: Is radial force a predictor of the pullout strength of soft-tissue interference devices?

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 786-792

  Smith, Kathryn E ^a   Garcia, Mateo ^a,b   McAnuff, Kadija ^a,c   Lamell, Robert ^a,c   Yakacki, Christopher M ^d   Griffis, Jack ^a   Higgs, Geoffrey B ^e,f   Gall, Ken ^a,b  

^a Research and Development   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^e Advanced Orthopedic Centers   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Graft compression; Interference device; Pullout strength; Soft tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULLOUT STRENGTH; RADIAL FORCE; STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; SUTURE ANCHORS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84868213602     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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