Comparison Between Rigid and Flexible Systems for Drilling the Femoral Tunnel Through an Anteromedial Portal in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 790-795

  Silver, Andrew G ^a   Kaar, Scott G ^a   Grisell, Margaret K ^a   Reagan, Jeffrey M ^a   Farrow, Lutul D ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; LIGAMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE NAILS; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; PERONEAL NERVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952722242     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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