Radiologic evaluation of the insertion sites of the 2 functional bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament using 3-dimensional computed tomography

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2368-2376

  Lorenz, Stephan ^a   Elser, Florian ^a,b   Mitterer, Martin ^a   Obst, Tobias ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Trauma Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomic reconstruction; Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial bundle; Insertion site; Knee; Posterolateral bundle; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73249114308     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509341577     Document Type: Article

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