Anatomic femoral tunnels in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Inside-out versus outside-in drilling

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-50

  Tompkins, Marc ^a   Keller, Thomas C ^b   Milewski, Matthew D ^c   Gaskin, Cree M ^b,d   Brockmeier, Stephen F ^b   Hart, Joseph M ^b   Miller, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral footprint; Femoral tunnel; Inside out; Outside in; PCL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZATION;

ARTHROPLASTY; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879290587     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512465169     Document Type: Article

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