Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament double bundle structure: A macroscopic evaluation

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Steckel, H ^a,b,c   Starman, J S ^a   Baums, M H ^b   Klinger, H M ^b   Schultz, W ^b   Fu, F H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial bundle; Posterolateral bundle; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34547186060     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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