Double-bundle ACL reconstruction: How big is the learning curve?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1195-1200

  Snow, Martyn ^a   Stanish, William D ^b  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; CT; Double bundle; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955850099     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1062-z     Document Type: Article

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