Use of transtibial aimer via the accessory anteromedial portal to identify the center of the ACL footprint

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  Celentano, Umberto ^a,b   Cardoso, Marcos P A ^a,b   Martins, Cesar A Q ^a,b   Ramirez, Claudia P ^a   van Eck, Carola F ^a,b   Smolinski, Patrick ^a,b   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

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

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; ACL footprint; Anatomical reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Transtibial aimer

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855192568     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1574-1     Document Type: Article

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