Open AccessDoes Knee Flexion Influence the Relationship between the Femoral Tunnel and the Lateral Anatomic Structures During ACL Reconstruction?
Author(s) -
Kwangho Chung,
Sung-Jae Kim,
Chong Hyuk Choi,
Sunghwan Kim,
Yunjong Choi,
Min Jung
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000845
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cruciate ligament , hamstring , knee flexion , anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction , epicondyle , femur , orthodontics , anatomy , surgery , humerus
In ACL reconstruction, the relationship of the femoral tunnel outlet to the anatomy of the lateral knee is clinically important, but whether that relationship is influenced by knee flexion using a transportal technique is unclear.