Avoiding posterior cruciate ligament and roof impingement with transtibial anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Keys to correct tunnel placement

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Matsumoto, Akio ^a   Howell, Stephen M ^b,c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Posterior cruciate ligament impingement; Roof impingement; Transtibial technique; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DRILL; FEMUR CONDYLE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIMB DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TENSION; TIBIA;

EID: 25844508844     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000177270.61591.f4     Document Type: Article

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