The location of femoral and tibial tunnels in anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction analyzed by three-dimensional computed tomography models

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1418-1426

  Forsythe, Brian ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^a   Wong, Andrew K ^a   Martins, Cesar A Q ^a   Anderst, William ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMUR; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954651213     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00654     Document Type: Article

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