Tunnel Enlargement After Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1349-1357

  Järvelä, Timo ^a,b   Moisala, Anna Stina ^c   Paakkala, Timo ^c   Paakkala, Antti ^c  

^a Hatanpaa Hospital   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Double bundle technique; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449119011     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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