Placement of femoral tunnel between the AM and PL bundles using a transtibial technique in single-bundle ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1245-1251

  Silva, Alcindo ^a   Sampaio, Ricardo ^a   Pinto, Elisabete ^a,b  

^a Hospital Militar D Pedro V   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Single bundle; Transtibial drilling; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955848946     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1132-2     Document Type: Article

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