Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 10 , Pages 1274.e1-1274.e6 , October 2005

A New Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using the Posteromedial Portal Technique With Hamstrings

  • Kunio Hara, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Yuji Arai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Mitsuhiko Ohta, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
    • ,
  • Ginjiro Minami, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
    • ,
  • Hidenori Urade, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
    • ,
  • Naofumi Hirai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Nobuyoshi Watanabe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Toshikazu Kubo, M.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Toshikazu Kubo, M.D., Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.

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 Cite this article as: Hara K, Arai Y, Ohta M, Minami G, Urade H, Hirai N, Watanabe N, Kubo T. A new double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using the posteromedial portal technique with hamstrings. Arthroscopy 2005;21:1276.e1-1276.e6 [doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2005.07.013].

PII: S0749-8063(05)01101-1

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.07.013

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 10 , Pages 1274.e1-1274.e6 , October 2005

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