Evaluation of the tunnel placement in the anatomical double-bundle ACL reconstruction: A cadaver study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1226-1231

  Iriuchishima, Takanori ^a,b   Ingham, Sheila J M ^a   Tajima, Goro ^a   Horaguchi, Takashi ^b   Saito, Akiyoshi ^b   Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^b   van Houten, Albert H ^a   Aerts, Maarten M ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle; Placement; Reconstruction; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 77955853900     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1128-y     Document Type: Article

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