Normal appearance and complications of double-bundle and selective-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions using optimal MRI techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1407-1415

  Casagranda, Bethany C ^a   Maxwell, Norman J ^a,b   Kavanagh, Eoin C ^a,c   Towers, Jeffrey D ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tullamore General Hospital   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Complications; Double bundle reconstruction; Graft; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 65649096583     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1185     Document Type: Article

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