Advances in the three-portal technique for anatomical single- or double-bundle ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1239-1242

  Araujo, Paulo H ^a   van Eck, Carola F ^a   Macalena, Jeffrey A ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Double bundle; Portal technique; Single bundle

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPES; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79960304271     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1426-z     Document Type: Article

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