Impact of tibial and femoral tunnel position on clinical results after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sadoghi, Patrick ^a,b   Kröpfl, Albert ^c   Jansson, Volkmar ^a   Müller, Peter E ^a   Pietschmann, Matthias F ^a   Fischmeister, Martin F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Unfallkrankenhaus Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE SINGLE BUNDLE TECHNIQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR SHAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEMITENDINOSUS GRACILIS DOUBLE BUNDLE TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

EID: 79952191725     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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