The "N + 7 rule" for tibial tunnel placement in endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-126

  Miller, Mark D ^a,b   Hinkin, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Graft fixation; Graft placement; Tibial tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPES; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOSCOPES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON TRANSFER; TIBIA;

EID: 0030051840     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90234-0     Document Type: Article

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