What is the role of intra-operative fluoroscopic measurements to determine tibial tunnel placement in anatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1169-1175

  Kasten, Philip ^c,d   Szczodry, Michal ^a   Irrgang, James ^a   Kropf, Eric ^a   Costello, Joanna ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle; Fluoroscopy; Reconstruction; Tibial insertion, radiograph, X ray image; Tibial tunnel position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955853286     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1082-8     Document Type: Article

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