Posterior root tear fixation of the lateral meniscus combined with arthroscopic ACL double-bundle reconstruction: Technical note of a transosseous fixation using the tibial PL tunnel

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-391

  Forkel, Philipp ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^a  

^a Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL double bundle repair; Lateral meniscus; Posterior horn fixation; Root tear; Tibial PL tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENODESIS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; HUMANS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

EID: 84857635072     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1429-8     Document Type: Article

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