Effect of Knee Flexion Angle on Length and Orientation of Posterolateral Femoral Tunnel Drilled Through Anteromedial Portal During Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1108-1114

  Basdekis, George ^a,b   Abisafi, Claude ^b   Christel, Pascal ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Institut de l'appareil locomoteur Nollet   (France)

^c Habib Medical Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial portal; Back wall blowout; Double bundle ACL reconstruction; Femoral tunnel orientation; Posterolateral femoral tunnel; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR CONDYLE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 70349426083     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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