Cross-pin femoral fixation: a new technique for hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee.

R, Clark; RE, Olsen; BJ, Larson; EM, Goble; RP, Farrer

doi:10.1016/s0749-8063(98)70141-0

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Cross-pin femoral fixation: a new technique for hamstring anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee.

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Authors:

Clark R

Olsen RE

Larson BJ

Abstract

A new method of femoral fixation for arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using semitendinosus and gracilis (ST/G) tendons is presented. Biomechanical evaluation of the method was performed with pullout tests using animal tissues simulating fixation of ST/G tendons passing ar...

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