A comparison of 2 drilling techniques on the femoral tunnel for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Miller, Chealon D ^a   Gerdeman, Andrew C ^a   Hart, Joseph M ^a   Bennett, Chase G ^a   Golish, S Raymond ^a   Gaskin, Christopher ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 79952195715     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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