Anatomic attachment of the ACL. Comparison between radiological and CT analysis

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 806-810

  Jenny, Jean Yves ^a   Ciobanu, Eugène ^a   Clavert, Philippe ^a   Jaeger, Jean Henri ^a   Kahn, Jean Luc ^a   Kempf, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone attachment; CT scan; Radiographs

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954667328     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1381-0     Document Type: Article

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