Femoral seating position of the EndoButton in single incision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An anatomical study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 639-643

  Acar, Halil I ^a   Comert, Ayhan ^a   Ozer, Hamza ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a   Loukas, Marios ^c   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Elhan, Alaittin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c St George's University   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; EndoButton; Enlargement; Knee anatomy; Ligament reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUTURE ANCHORS;

EID: 54949100338     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0397-3     Document Type: Article

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