Anterior cruciate ligament femoral tunnel drilling through anteromedial portal: Axial plane drill angle affects tunnel length

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 522-525

  Hamilton, Stephen C ^a   Jackson II, Edward R ^a   Karas, Spero G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DRILLING ANGLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL TUNNEL DRILLING; FEMUR; GONIOMETRY; GUIDE WIRE; KNEE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 79953174892     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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