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SUBMITTER: Hayashi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5621523 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hayashi Hiroteru H Kurosaka Daisaburo D Saito Mitsuru M Ikeda Ryo R Kijima Eiji E Yamashita Yu Y Marumo Keishi K
Arthroscopy techniques 20170717 4
Good clinical results have been reported with anatomic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions in which rectangular bone-patellar tendon-bone (BTB) grafts were fixed into rectangular bone tunnels made at anatomic ACL insertion sites of the femur and tibia (anatomic rectangular tunnel BTB ACL reconstruction). Notwithstanding these good results, some problems have remained unsolved, including procedural complexity and risk of damage to the femoral posterior tunnel wall, damage to nerves a ...[more]