Femoral guide breakage during the anteromedial portal technique used for ACL reconstruction

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-167

  Milankov, Miroslav Z ^a   Miljkovic, Natasa ^b   Ninkovic, Srdjan ^a  

^a Medical School   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Complication; Femoral guide breakage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; FEMORAL GUIDE BREAKAGE; FEMUR; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; WIRE FIXATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749102742     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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