Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9, Supplement , Pages S35-S40 , September 2010

Stiffer Fixation of the Tibial Double-Tunnel Anterior Cruciate Ligament Complex Versus the Single Tunnel: A Biomechanical Study

  • Duncan E. Meuffels, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Duncan E. Meuffels, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Pieter T. Docter, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Roland A. van Dongen, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Gert-Jan Kleinrensink, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jan A.N. Verhaar, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Max Reijman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 1 June 2009 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(10)00089-7

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.01.018

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9, Supplement , Pages S35-S40 , September 2010

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