Location of the femoral tunnel aperture in single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Comparison of the transtibial, anteromedial portal, and outside-in techniques

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2533-2539

  Shin, Young Soo ^a   Ro, Kyung Han ^a   Lee, Jong Hee ^a   Lee, Dae Hee ^a  

^a College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D CT; ACL; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; anteromedial portal; computed tomography; imaging; knee; outside in; transtibial

Indexed keywords

3D CT; ACL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROMEDIAL PORTAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGING; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTSIDE-IN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; TRANSTIBIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

3D CT; ACL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROMEDIAL PORTAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING; KNEE; OUTSIDE-IN; TRANSTIBIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMUR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887199674     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513500764     Document Type: Article

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