Correlation between the 2-dimensional notch width and the 3-dimensional notch volume: A cadaveric study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Van Eck, Carola F ^a,b   Martins, Cesar A Q ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^a   Lertwanich, Pisit ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a  

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

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; NOTCH ENTRANCE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79151473947     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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