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Comparing three femoral tunnel drilling techniques in patients undergoing double-bundle ACL-R

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May 2020

Comparing three femoral tunnel drilling techniques in patients undergoing double-bundle ACL-R

Vol: 9| Issue: 5| Number:11| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Anatomic femoral tunnel placement is difficult by the transtibial technique: comparison of three different femoral tunnel drilling techniques in double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 Feb;28(2):584-593.

Contributing Authors:
H Koga K Nakamura T Nakamura M Horie K Otabe Y Nakagawa I Sekiya T Muneta H Katagiri M Amemiya

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Ninety-eight patients scheduled for an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a semitendinosus autograft were randomized to receive femoral tunnel placement using a transtibial, transportal or outside-in technique. Outcomes of interest were radiographic in nature, including femoral tunnel length, femoral and tibial tunnel angles, femoral tunnel position and tibial tunnel position. Computed...

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