Radiographic landmarks for tunnel positioning in double-bundle ACL reconstructions

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 792-800

  Pietrini, Sean D ^a   Ziegler, Connor G ^a   Anderson, Colin J ^a   Wijdicks, Coen A ^b   Westerhaus, Benjamin D ^a   Johansen, Steinar ^c   Engebretsen, Lars ^c   LaPrade, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anteromedial bundle; Double bundle ACL reconstructions; Posterolateral bundle; Radiographic guidelines; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 79954869407     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1372-1     Document Type: Article

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