Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1226-1232 , September 2010

Biomechanical Evaluation of a Novel Application of a Fixation Device for Bone-Tendon-Bone Graft (EndoButton CL BTB) to Soft-Tissue Grafts in Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, California, February 11-14, 2007.

  • Shin Miyatake, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Eiji Kondo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Eiji Kondo, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Reconstruction Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15 Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
    • ,
  • Harukazu Tohyama, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Nobuto Kitamura, M.D., Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Kazunori Yasuda, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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 Supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 20240045) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(10)00048-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.01.007

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1226-1232 , September 2010

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