Is there a higher failure rate of allografts compared with autografts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review of overlapping meta-analyses

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 364-372

  Mascarenhas, Randy ^a   Erickson, Brandon J ^a   Sayegh, Eli T ^b   Verma, Nikhil N ^a   Cole, Brian J ^a   Bush Joseph, Charles ^a   Bach, Bernard R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; KNEE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SURGERY;

ALLOGRAFTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFTS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RUPTURE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84961337930     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2014.07.011     Document Type: Review

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