Clinical results comparing transtibial technique and outside in technique in single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery and Related Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-140

  Seo, Seung Suk ^a   Kim, Chang Wan ^b   Kim, Jeon Gyo ^b   Jin, Sung Yub ^b  

^a Bumin Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Outside in technique; Reconstruction; Transtibial technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901200657     PISSN: 22340726     EISSN: 22342451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5792/ksrr.2013.25.3.133     Document Type: Article

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