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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 9/2006

01-09-2006 | Sports Medicine

Broken Delta interference screw after ACL reconstruction: a report of two cases

Authors: S. M. Bollen, H. van der Hoeven

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 9/2006

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Abstract

We report two cases of an intra-articular dislocation of the proximal part of a broken biodegradable interference screw (Delta screw) used for tibial fixation of a semitendinosis gracilis graft in an unstable knee.
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Metadata
Title
Broken Delta interference screw after ACL reconstruction: a report of two cases
Authors
S. M. Bollen
H. van der Hoeven
Publication date
01-09-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 9/2006
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-006-0058-1

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