Anatomic femoral tunnel drilling in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: use of an accessory medial portal versus traditional transtibial drilling

M Tompkins, MD Milewski… - … American journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: During anatomic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, we have
found that the femoral footprint can best be visualized from the anteromedial portal …

Location of the femoral tunnel aperture in single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: comparison of the transtibial, anteromedial portal, and outside-in …

YS Shin, KH Ro, JH Lee… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Previous 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D CT) studies of knees after
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction have compared femoral tunnel positions …

Transtibial versus anteromedial portal drilling for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a cadaveric study of femoral tunnel length and obliquity

A Bedi, B Raphael, A Maderazo, H Pavlov… - Arthroscopy: the Journal …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To compare the obliquity and length of femoral tunnels prepared with transtibial
versus anteromedial portal drilling for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and …

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction femoral tunnel characteristics using an accessory medial portal versus traditional transtibial drilling

M Tompkins, CT Cosgrove, MD Milewski… - … : The Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate anterior cruciate ligament femoral tunnel characteristics using an
accessory medial (AM) portal and transtibial (TT) drilling. METHODS: Ten matched pairs of …

Independent drilling of tibial and femoral tunnels in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

ME Steiner - The journal of knee surgery, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction can be optimized when single-bundle grafts
are centered within the native ligament's tibial and femoral insertions. An understanding of …

The effects of extra-articular starting point and transtibial femoral drilling on the intra-articular aperture of the tibial tunnel in ACL reconstruction

MD Miller, AC Gerdeman, CD Miller… - … American Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background The recent emphasis on more horizontal femoral tunnel placement for single-
bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions requires placing a femoral tunnel …

Comparison of 4 femoral tunnel drilling techniques in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

AI Larson, DP Bullock, T Pevny - … : The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine which femoral tunnel drilling
technique most closely reproduces the anatomic femoral footprint and has acceptable tunnel …

Transtibial versus low anteromedial portal drilling for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a radiographic study of femoral tunnel position

C Pascual-Garrido, BL Swanson… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare femoral tunnel positions after ACL
reconstruction by the transtibial (TT) approach versus the low anteromedial approach using …

Effectiveness of a footprint guide to establish an anatomic femoral tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: computed tomography evaluation in a cadaveric …

PE Gelber, J Erquicia, F Abat, R Torres, X Pelfort… - … : The Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare drilling the femoral tunnel with an offset aimer and BullsEye guide
(ConMed Linvatec, Largo, FL) to perform an anatomic single-bundle reconstruction of the …

Anatomic femoral tunnels in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: inside-out versus outside-in drilling

M Tompkins, TC Keller, MD Milewski… - … American Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: During posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction, the placement and
orientation of the femoral tunnel is critical to postoperative PCL function. Purpose: To …