Native anterior cruciate ligament obliquity versus anterior cruciate ligament graft obliquity: An observational study using navigated measurements

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-119

  Stanford, Fatima C ^a,b   Kendoff, Daniel ^a   Warren, Russell F ^a   Pearle, Andrew D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Staten Island Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic footprint; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Computer assisted surgery; Graft obliquity; Knee kinematics; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; OBSERVATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 58149213958     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508323257     Document Type: Article

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