MRI analysis of single-, double-, and triple-bundle anterior cruciate ligament grafts

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1541-1548

  Tanaka, Yoshinari ^a   Yonetani, Yasukazu ^b   Shiozaki, Yoshiki ^c   Kanamoto, Takashi ^a   Kita, Keisuke ^a   Amano, Hiroshi ^a   Kusano, Masashi ^c   Hirakawa, Masashi ^d   Horibe, Shuji ^e  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Seifu Hospital   (Japan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACL graft; Coronal oblique MRI; Multiple bundle reconstruction; Tendon to bone healing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENDON; THIGH; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS; THIGH; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902783195     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2557-1     Document Type: Article

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