Technique of anatomical footprint reconstruction of the ACL with oval tunnels and medial portal aimers

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 827-833

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Forkel, Philipp ^a   Achtnich, Andrea ^a   Metzlaff, Sebastian ^a   Zantop, Thore ^b  

^a Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

^b Sporthopaedicum Straubing   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL aimer; Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Insertion site anatomy; Medial portal technique; Oval tunnels

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTICLE; BONE DRILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVAL TUNNEL; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BUNDLE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TENDONS;

EID: 84878218568     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-013-1741-6     Document Type: Article

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