Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Can anatomic femoral placement be achieved with a transtibial technique?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1306-1315

  Piasecki, Dana P ^a   Bach, Bernard R ^b   Espinoza Orias, Alejandro A ^b   Verma, Nikhil N ^b  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; anatomic; femoral access; transtibial

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CHONDROPLASTY; FEMUR; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, SUBCHONDRAL; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; TIBIA;

EID: 79956338250     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510397170     Document Type: Article

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