Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 500-505 , April 2010

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tibial Guide Pin Accuracy and Surgical Precision: Comparing 3.0-mm and 2.4-mm Guide Pins

  • James H. Lubowitz, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to James H. Lubowitz, M.D., Taos Orthopaedic Institute Research Foundation, 1219-A Gusdorf Rd, Taos, NM 87571, U.S.A.

Received 24 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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 The author is a consultant for Arthrex, Naples, Florida.

 

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PII: S0749-8063(09)00827-5

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.08.028

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 500-505 , April 2010

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