Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction autograft choice: Bone-tendon-bone versus hamstring. Does it really matter? A systematic review

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1986-1995

  Spindler, Kurt P ^a,c   Kuhn, John E ^a   Freedman, Kevin Blake ^b   Matthews, Charles E ^a   Dittus, Robert S ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Bone tendon bone; Evidence based medicine (EBM); Hamstring; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 9244245268     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504271211     Document Type: Review

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