The use of intraoperative fluoroscopy to reduce femoral interference screw divergence during endoscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-317

  Rodin, Dennis ^a,b   Levy, I Martin ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Waterbury Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Screw divergence

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE GRAFT; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA; RADIOGRAPHY; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037337438     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50051     Document Type: Article

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