Tunnel placement in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: Quality control in a teaching hospital

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1159-1165

  Behrend, H ^a   Stutz, G ^a   Kessler, M A ^a   Rukavina, A ^a   Giesinger, K ^a   Kuster, M S ^a  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Audit; Impingement; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750697286     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0186-7     Document Type: Article

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