Osseous Landmarks of the Femoral Attachment of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: An Anatomic Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1218-1225

  Ferretti, Mario ^a   Ekdahl, Max ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anatomic double bundle reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Lateral bifurcate ridge; Lateral intercondylar ridge; Osseous landmarks; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35649003771     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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