Transtibial versus anteromedial portal of the femoral tunnel in ACL reconstruction: A cadaveric study

Knee

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 364-367

  Gavriilidis, Iosif ^a   Motsis, Efstathios K ^a   Pakos, Emilios E ^a   Georgoulis, Anastasios D ^a   Mitsionis, Gregory ^a   Xenakis, Theodore A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Anteromedial portal; Cadaveric study; Femoral tunnel; Transtibial portal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTEROMEDIAL FEMORAL TUNNEL APPROACH; ARTHROSCOPIC SCISSORS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTIBIAL FEMORAL TUNNEL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

EID: 50449103684     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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