Reconstruction technique affects femoral tunnel placement in ACL reconstruction

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1467-1474

  Kaseta, Maria K ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^a   Charnock, Brian L ^a   Sullivan, Robert T ^a   Garrett Jr , William E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; FEMUR CONDYLE; GEOMETRY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; FEMUR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TENODESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENODESIS;

EID: 44949203638     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0238-z     Document Type: Article

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