Advantages and Disadvantages of Transtibial, Anteromedial Portal, and Outside-In Femoral Tunnel Drilling in Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1412-1417

  Robin, Brett N ^a   Jani, Sunil S ^a   Marvil, Sean C ^a   Reid, John B ^a   Schillhammer, Carl K ^a   Lubowitz, James H ^a  

^a Taos Orthopaedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROMEDIAL PORTAL TECHNIQUE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DRILL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSTIBIAL TECHNIQUE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERFERENCE SCREW; KINEMATICS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTSIDE IN FEMORAL TUNNEL DRILLING; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; INJURIES; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 84937438068     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2015.01.018     Document Type: Review

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