Transtibial ACL femoral tunnel preparation increases odds of repeat ipsilateral knee surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 95, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2035-2042

  Duffee, Andrew ^a,b   Magnussen, Robert A ^a,c   Pedroza, Angela D ^a,c   Flanigan, David C ^a,c   Kaeding, Christopher C ^a,c   Spindler, Kurt P ^d   Huston, Laura J ^d   Wright, Rick W ^d   Matava, Matthew J ^d   Brophy, Robert J ^d   McCarty, Eric C ^d   Marx, Robert G ^d   Parker, Richard D ^d   Andrish, Jack T ^d   Jones, Morgan H ^d   Amendola, Annunziato ^d   Wolf, Brian R ^d   Carey, James L ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shelbyville Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROMEDIAL PORTAL TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE INJURY; CHONDRAL INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL TUNNEL DRILLING TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IPSILATERAL KNEE SURGERY; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE SURGERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCAL INJURY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPORTS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUBSCORE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSTIBIAL ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT FEMORAL TUNNEL RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AUTOGRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR; KNEE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TIBIA; INJURY; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFTS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REOPERATION; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894655439     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00187     Document Type: Article

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