Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1274 , November 2009

Standard Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Versus Isolated Single-Bundle Augmentation with Hamstring Autograft

  • Kyoung Ho Yoon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Dae Kyung Bae, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Seung Mok Cho, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Soo Yeon Park, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sports Medicine Center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Jung Hwan Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sports Medicine Center, East-West Neo Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Jung Hwan Lee, M.D., Sports Medicine Center, East-West Neo Medical Center, 149 Sangil-Dong, Gangdong-Gu, Seoul 134-727, South Korea

Received 4 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 May 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00513-1

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.05.020

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1265-1274 , November 2009

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