Bony and soft tissue landmarks of the ACL tibial insertion site: An anatomical study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-68

  Ferretti, Mario ^a   Doca, Daniel ^a   Ingham, Sheila M ^b   Cohen, Moises ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Anatomical reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Osseous landmark; Tibial insertion; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TIBIA;

EID: 84855195968     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1592-z     Document Type: Article

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