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No clinical significance between transportal & outside-in technique in ACL reconstruction

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August 2013

No clinical significance between transportal & outside-in technique in ACL reconstruction

Vol: 2| Issue: 7| Number:311| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Femoral Graft Bending Angle and Femoral Tunnel Geometry of Transportal and Outside-In Techniques in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An In Vivo 3-Dimensional Computed Tomography Analysis

Arthroscopy. 2012 Nov;28(11):1682-94. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2012.05.884.

Contributing Authors:
Jae Gyoon Kim Joon Ho Wang Hong Chul Lim Jin Hwan Ahn

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Synopsis

39 patients undergoing anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were randomized to two different femoral tunnel drilling techniques; the transportal technique or the outside-in technique. The results of the study have indicated that the outside-in technique results in more acute femoral graft bending angles and longer mean anteromedial femoral tunnel lengths, but it has yet...

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