Femoral Insertions of the Anteromedial and Posterolateral Bundles of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Morphometry and Arthroscopic Orientation Models for Double-Bundle Bone Tunnel Placement-A Cadaver Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Siebold, Rainer ^a   Ellert, Thomas ^a   Metz, Stefan ^b   Metz, Jürgen ^c  

^a Orthopaedic Department   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament gender differences; Anteromedial bundle; Femoral center angle model; Femoral insertion; Modified femoral clock wall model; Posterolateral bundle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 42949135871     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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