Independent drilling outperforms conventional transtibial drilling in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1912-1919

  Steiner, Mark E ^a   Battaglia, Todd C ^b   Heming, James F ^a   Rand, Jason D ^a   Festa, Anthony ^a   Baria, Michael ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Independent drilling; Transtibial drilling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INDEPENDENT DRILLING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRANSTIBIAL DRILLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 70649106240     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340407     Document Type: Article

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