Medial portal drilling: Effects on the femoral tunnel aperture morphology during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2063-2071

  Hensler, Daniel ^a   Working, Zachary M ^a   Illingworth, Kenneth D ^a   Thorhauer, Eric D ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

EID: 81855227641     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01705     Document Type: Article

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