femoral tunnel
Femoral tunnel placement in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: rationale of the two incision technique
... BPTB is harvested via an incision of 7 cm in average, extending from the inferior pole of patella to the tibial tubercle. The paratenon is divided longitudinally. A cen- tral third bone-patella tendon-bone (BPTB) graft ...
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Anteversion and length of the femoral tunnel in ACL reconstruction: in-vivo comparison between rigid and flexible instrumentation
... hooked femoral guide pin placed on the posterior facet of the lateral femoral condyle to ensure correct and standardized tunnel ...The femoral guide was offset by 6 mm from the articular ...
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Comparison of 2 femoral tunnel drilling techniques in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction A prospective randomized comparative study
... the femoral tunnel integral to ACL ...of femoral tunnel placement, and failure of the reconstruction may be influenced most by inaccurate tunnel placement [2, ...as femoral ...
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The capsular line reference, a new arthroscopic reference for posterior/anterior femoral tunnel positioning in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
... Appropriate tunnel placement is critical for the suc- cess of such surgeries, nevertheless, incorrect femoral tunnel placement still represents 80% of these technical errors (Samitier et ...lateral ...
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Positioning of the femoral tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: functional anatomical reconstruction
... the femoral origin of the ACL, the concept of the double band and its respective mechanical functions, and the concept of direct and indirect fibres in the ACL ...the femoral tunnel and how this ...
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Comparation and evaluation of the accuracy of the sulcus localization method to establish the medial patellofemoral ligament femoral tunnel: a cadaveric and clinical study
... the femoral attachment area of both the native MPFL and the reconstructed graft is wide [24], while the biomechanical studies measured length change patterns based on single points [1, ...from femoral ...
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The influence of femoral tunnel length on graft rupture after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
... the femoral tunnel and the flexor tendon graft length needed within the tunnel for proper integration have not been ...short tunnel is a risk factor for poor prognosis and re- rupture by ...
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Drill wobble – effect on femoral tunnel aperture during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
... ACL tunnel positioning with various reconstruction techniques (Bedi et ...on tunnel aperture has not been de- ...that femoral tunnel dimensions and aperture are less consistent when using this ...
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Effects of extremity positioning on radiographic evaluation of femoral tunnel location with digitally reconstructed femoral lateral radiographs after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
... distal femoral tunnel [10, 13–18], due to its simplicity, easy access, availability, low radiation exposure and low ...assessing tunnel/graft position [11, ...evaluating tunnel placement by ...
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Evaluating the distance between the femoral tunnel centers in anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a computer simulation
... The direct observation of cadavers would be more desir- able to assess basic anatomical information, but ethical restrictions and low availability made it difficult to use a sufficient number of cadavers for such ...
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Comparison of transtibial and transportal techniques in drilling femoral tunnels during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using 3D-CAD models
... the femoral tunnel aperture ovalization from our simulation study were therefore exaggerated when compared to those in the postoperative CT analysis, and this might have been due to the lack of freedom in ...
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Correlation between Femoral Guidewire Position and Tunnel Communication in Double Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
... wire tunnel positions re- quired to prevent femoral bone tunnel communication in double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using human cadaver ...of femoral AM and PL ...
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Influence of change of tunnel axis angle on tunnel length during double bundle ACL reconstruction via the transportal technique
... native femoral ACL insertion. This method achieves longer tunnel lengths with straight, rigid in- strumentation that does not require hyperflexion, but is associated with the loss of visualization, fat pad ...
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Graft Inclination Angle is Associated with the Outcome of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
... of femoral tunnel angle, tibial tunnel angle, and graft inclination ...and femoral angles were measured by calculating the angle between the axis of tunnels and the anatomical axis of the ...
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Modified transtibial versus anteromedial portal techniques for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, a comparative study
... oblique femoral tunnel placement on rotational constraint of the knee recon- structed using patellar tendon ...accurate femoral guide pin placement in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruc- ...
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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a new cortical suspension device for femoral fixation with transtibial and transportal techniques
... undergoing femoral tunnel drilling with the transtibial technique, and the “transportal group,” consisting of patients undergoing the transportal ...
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Femoral Graft Tunnel Angles in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Analysis with 3 Dimensional Models and Cadaveric Experiments
... the femoral tunneling technique: 1) the outside-in technique, 2) the modified inside-out tech- nique and 3) the conventional inside-out ...diameter femoral tunnel and a 10 mm diameter tibial ...
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Laser-guided transtibial technique improved single-bundle reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament
... transtibial tunnel technique is the most common surgical method [3, ...the femoral tunnel is relatively high, and the graft is too vertical to control the rotation, which will result in the injury of ...
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Anteromedial versus transtibial technique in single-bundle autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials
... that femoral tunnels in the AM group were more oblique in the sagittal and coronal planes, resulting in decreased resting graft tension, a closer approximation of natural graft forces during motion ...oblique ...
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The cross-sectional shape of the fourfold semitendinosus tendon is oval, not round
... incorrect tunnel placement, and several authors have re- ported significant tunnel widening after the procedure (Siebold ...central femoral and tibial ACL attachment sites can restore ...
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