Influence of Knee Flexion Angle on Femoral Tunnel Characteristics When Drilled Through the Anteromedial Portal During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-464

  Basdekis, Georges ^a   Abisafi, Claude ^b   Christel, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Institut de l'appareil locomoteur Nollet   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial portal; Back wall blow out; Femoral tunnel orientation; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; DRILL; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 41049085405     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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