A simple evaluation of anterior cruciate ligament femoral tunnel position: The inclination angle and femoral tunnel angle

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2611-2618

  Illingworth, Kenneth David ^a   Hensler, Daniel ^a   Working, Zachary Mark ^a   Macalena, Jeffrey Alexander ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

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

Author keywords

3D CT; ACL MRI; anatomic ACL; femoral tunnel angle; inclination angle; tibial tunnel independent drilling; transtibial drilling

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REGISTRIES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83455235786     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511420128     Document Type: Article

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