Long-term results of arthroscopically assisted anatomical single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using patellar tendon autograft: Are there any predictors for the development of osteoarthritis?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 957-964

  Gerhard, Pascal ^a   Bolt, Robert ^b   Dück, Klaus ^c   Mayer, Ralph ^d   Friederich, Niklaus F ^a   Hirschmann, Michael T ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Bruderholz ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d Praxisklinik 2000   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Osteoarthritis; Outcome; Patellar tendon autograft; Single bundle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875376770     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2001-y     Document Type: Article

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