Comparison of plain radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of bone tunnel widening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1059-1064

  Marchant Jr , Milford H ^a   Willimon, Clifton ^a   Vinson, Emily ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Garrett, William E ^a   Higgins, Laurence D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone tunnels; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plain radiograph; Revision tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954759256     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0952-4     Document Type: Article

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