Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-28

  Zantop, Thore ^a,b   Petersen, Wolf ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Knee; Posterolateral bundle

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CARTILAGE CELL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOVIUM; TIBIA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 13544262604     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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