Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Which graft is best?

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 974-980

  Sherman, Orrin H ^a   Banffy, Michael B ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament; Autograft

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FASCIA LATA; FRACTURE FIXATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMA; PARESTHESIA; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85047690810     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(04)00842-4     Document Type: Article

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