Biomechanical evaluation of two techniques for double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: One tibial tunnel versus two tibial tunnels

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-234

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Tretow, Henning ^a   Weimann, Andre ^a   Herbort, Mirco ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^b   Raschke, Michael ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Impingement; UFS robotic system

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; TENDONS; TENODESIS; THIGH; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846406093     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506294468     Document Type: Article

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