Femoral tunnel placement during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An in vivo imaging analysis comparing transtibial and 2-incision tibial tunnel-independent techniques

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1904-1911

  Abebe, Ermias S ^a   Moorman, C T ^a   Dziedzic, T Scott ^b   Spritzer, Charles E ^b   Cothran, R Lee ^b   Taylor, Dean C ^a   Garrett, William E ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^c  

^a Duke Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Wake Medical Center   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Computer modeling; Graft placement; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Osteoarthritis; Reconstruction; Single bundle reconstruction; Transtibial technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL TUNNEL PLACEMENT; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TIBIAL TUNNEL INDEPENDENT TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TRANSTIBIAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649083032     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340768     Document Type: Article

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