Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Drilling a femoral posterolateral tunnel cannot be accomplished using an over-the-top step-off drill guide

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1252-1256

  Behrendt, Sven ^a   Richter, Jens ^b  

^a Evangelisches Krankenhaus Luetgendortmund   (Germany)

^b Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial bundle; Drill guide; Femoral tunnel; Posterolateral bundle; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77955854201     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1112-6     Document Type: Article

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