Neurovascular risk of bicortical tibial drilling for screw and spiked washer fixation of soft-tissue anterior cruciate ligament graft

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-247

  Post, William R ^a   King, Stephen S ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL graft; Bicortical; Complication; Drilling; Fixation; Neurovascular

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NERVE INJURY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TIBIA;

EID: 0035297269     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.21539     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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