The anteromedial portal for drilling of the femoral tunnel for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-229

  Georgoulis, A ^a,d   Tokis, A ^a   Bernard, M ^b   Paessler, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SansSucci Klinik   (Germany)

^c ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Femoral tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DRILL; FEMORAL TUNNEL; FEMUR; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

EID: 25844492953     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000177601.06864.2b     Document Type: Article

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