Double-bundle versus single-bundle ACL reconstruction using the horizontal femoral position: A prospective, randomized study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-36

  Sastre, Sergi ^a   Popescu, Dragos ^a   Núñez, Montserrat ^a   Pomes, Jaume ^b   Tomas, Xavier ^b   Peidro, Lluis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Anterior laxity; Clinical; Double bundle (DB); Femoral tunnel; Randomized; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249123978     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0844-7     Document Type: Article

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