Factors predicting hamstring tendon autograft diameters and resulting failure rates after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1111-1118

  Park, Soo Yeon ^a   Oh, Hoon ^a   Park, Sua ^a   Lee, Jung Hwan ^a   Lee, Sang Hak ^a   Yoon, Kyoung Ho ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Diameter of hamstring tendon autograft; Failure rates; Related factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876329495     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2085-4     Document Type: Article

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