Effects of notchplasty and femoral tunnel position on excursion patterns of an anterior cruciate ligament graft

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 340-345

  Hame, Sharon L ^a,b   Markolf, Keith L ^a   Hunter, D Monte ^a   Oakes, Daniel A ^a   Zoric, Bojan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Biomechanics; Femoral tunnel; Notchplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NOTCHPLASTY; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT;

EID: 0037385774     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50040     Document Type: Article

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