Comparison of femoral graft bending angle and tunnel length between transtibial technique and transportal technique in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1584-1593

  Wang, Joon Ho ^a   Kim, Jae Gyoon ^b   Lee, Do Kyung ^a   Lim, Hong Chul ^b   Ahn, Jin Hwan ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D CT; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; OsiriX; Transportal; Transtibial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864386417     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1781-9     Document Type: Article

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