Anatomic Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction From the Anteromedial Portal: Evaluation of Transverse Femoral Fixation in a Cadaveric Model

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Gelber, Pablo Eduardo ^a,b   Reina, Francisco ^b   Torres, Raúl ^b   Pelfort, Xavier ^b,c   Tey, Marc ^c   Monllau, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; PERONEUS NERVE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77951294514     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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