Posterior Proximal Cartilage of the Lateral Femoral Condyle as a Reference for Positioning the Femoral Tunnel in ACL Reconstruction

• Main Authors: Luiz Gabriel Betoni Guglielmetti MD, PhD (Author), Victor Marques de Oliveira MD, PhD (Author), Marcos Barbieri Mestriner MD, MSc (Author), Alfredo dos Santos Netto MD, MSc (Author), Nayra Deise dos Anjos Rabelo PT, PhD (Author), Viktor Nelson Mazzola Correa MD (Author), Leandro Jun Aihara MD (Author), Ricardo de Paula Leite Cury MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Due to the similarity among specimens in the height of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on the distal proximal axis in relation to the proximal posterior cartilage of the lateral femoral condyle (point C), it is known this point can be used as an arthroscopic intraoperative parameter...