Femoral bone tunnel placement using the transtibial tunnel or the anteromedial portal in ACL reconstruction: A radiographic evaluation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-227

  Dargel, Jens ^a   Schmidt Wiethoff, Rüdiger ^b   Fischer, Sören ^a   Mader, Konrad ^c   Koebke, Jürgen ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ARCUS Sportklinik   (Germany)

^c ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d Dreifaltigkeits Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone tunnel placement; Knee; Radiographs; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65049086865     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0639-2     Document Type: Article

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