Comparisons of femoral tunnel enlargement in 169 patients between single-bundle and anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with hamstring tendon grafts

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1257

  Kawaguchi, Yasuyuki ^a   Kondo, Eiji ^a   Kitamura, Nobuto ^a   Kai, Shuken ^a   Inoue, Masayuki ^b   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomic double bundle reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Clinical outcome; Hamstring tendon graft; Tunnel enlargement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960303431     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1455-7     Document Type: Article

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