Tunnel positioning of anteromedial and posterolateral bundles in anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Anatomic and radiographic findings

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Zantop, Thore ^a   Wellmann, Mathias ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^b   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Anteromedial bundle; Double bundle; Lateral meniscus; Posterolateral bundle; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOLOGY; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 38349144355     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507308361     Document Type: Article

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