Surgical predictors of early revision surgery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Results from the Swedish National Knee Ligament Register on 13,102 patients

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1574-1582

  Andernord, Daniel ^a,b,c   Björnsson, Haukur ^a,d   Petzold, Max ^e   Eriksson, Bengt I ^a,d   Forssblad, Magnus ^f,g   Karlsson, Jón ^a,d   Samuelsson, Kristian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Vårdcentralen Gripen   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Clinical Research   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f Capio Artro Clinic AB   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autografts; Bone patellar tendon bone; Epidemiology; Graft failure; Graft survival; Hamstring tendon; Knee injury; Sports medicine; Surgical revision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE SCREW; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INJURIES; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REOPERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; SWEDEN; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; SWEDEN; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905229607     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514531396     Document Type: Article

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