Lower risk of revision with patellar tendon autografts compared with hamstring autografts: A registry study based on 45,998 primary ACL Reconstructions in Scandinavia

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2319-2328

  Gifstad, Tone ^a,b   Foss, Olav A ^a,b   Engebretsen, Lars ^c   Lind, Martin ^d   Forssblad, Magnus ^e   Albrektsen, Grethe ^b   Drogset, Jon Olav ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Stockholm Sport Trauma Research Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; graft; registry; revision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOGRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; REOPERATION; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOGRAFTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TENDONS;

EID: 84908889796     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514548164     Document Type: Article

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