Comparison of tunnel placements and clinical results of single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction before and after starting the use of double-bundle technique

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 646-653

  Suomalainen, Piia ^a   Moisala, Anna Stina ^a   Paakkala, Antti ^a   Kannus, Pekka ^c   Järvelä, Timo ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anatomical single bundle method; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Double bundle method; Graft location; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874020928     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1981-y     Document Type: Article

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