Does the lateral intercondylar ridge disappear in ACL deficient patients?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1184-1188

  van Eck, Carola F ^a,b   Morse, Kenneth R ^a   Lesniak, Bryson P ^a   Kropf, Eric J ^a   Tranovich, Michael J ^a   van Dijk, C Niek ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Chronic anterior cruciate ligament injuries; Lateral bifurcate ridge; Lateral intercondylar ridge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955850254     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-1038-z     Document Type: Article

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