Avoiding pitfalls in anatomic ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 956-963

  Colvin, Alexis Chiang ^a   Shen, Wei ^b   Musahl, Volker ^c   Fu, Freddie H ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle; Knee; Mistakes; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349760281     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0804-2     Document Type: Article

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