Drilling the femoral tunnel during ACL reconstruction: Transtibial versus anteromedial portal techniques

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tudisco, Cosimo ^a   Bisicchia, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DRILL; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865295376     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120725-14     Document Type: Article

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