Validation of the position of the femoral tunnels in anatomic double-bundle ACL reconstruction with 3-D CT scan

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1089-1094

  Basdekis, George ^a   Christel, Pascal ^b   Anne, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b Habib Medical Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Private Hospital Paul d'Egine   (France)

Author keywords

3 D CT scan; Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Ancillary instruments; Anterior cruciate ligament; Tunnel position

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349488681     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0829-6     Document Type: Article

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