Individualized anterior cruciate ligament surgery: A prospective study comparing anatomic single- and double-bundle reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1781-1788

  Hussein, Mohsen ^a,b   Van Eck, Carola F ^c   Cretnik, Andrej ^b   Dinevski, Dejan ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^c  

^a Artros Center for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

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

Author keywords

ACL; anatomic; double bundle; individualization; reconstruction; single bundle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864706386     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512446928     Document Type: Article

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